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56 Gigantic Pillars Installed on Tian’anmen Square

Workers are installing 56 gigantic red pillars that are painted with different ethnic patterns on Tian’anmen Square, for the symbolic meaning of China’s 56 ethnic groups. This is one of the main decorations on the square for this year’s 60th anniversary National Day ceremony. The 56 pillars implies the equality, unity, harmony and national ethnic [...]

60th National Day Celebration at Tian’anmen Square Seeks for Pest Controls

China celebrate the National Day (October 1st) every year. This year is the 60th celebration and it will be a grand gathering as the No. 1 leader in China – Hu Jintao will give a keynote speech at the Tian’anmen Square. Just to tell you how much the Chinese government cares about this event, Beijing [...]

Tiananmen Square is no-longer the Largest Square in China

Beijing’s Tiananmen Square is no-longer world largest square. Size wise, it has fallen short compare to other man-made squares across China.
Some Chinese cities and counties have built large gathering squares to beat the Tiananmen square by footage. Even some small townships in China have created squares 20,000 square meters bigger than the Tiananmen square.
A number [...]