Tiananmen Square of China Album
Tiananamen Square is the political center of China.  The square is 109 acres of which
much of it is taken up by the Chairman Mao Memorial.  
Views across the square.
The Monument to the Peoples
Heroes.
Panoramic of the gate into the
Forbidden City.
National Center for the
Performing Arts.
Tianamen Gate on the north side
of the Forbidden CIty.
The Great Hall of the People
where the government meets.
The guards drop off two by two.
The poles on the left are security
cameras.
Photo from near the Peoples
Heroes Monument.
There are 4 gates to the Forbidden City.  This
gate from Tianaman Square is no longer used by
tourists
.
There are many guards in the
square.  Here a contingent
marches to their posts
.
Two frozen tourists.