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| thetwostonelionsbythegateoftian’anmen,oneoneachsideweremeantassentries.theygazetowardthemiddleaxis,guardingtheemperor’swalkway.infrontofthegatestandsapairofmarblecolumnscalledhuabiao.theyareelaboratelycutinbas-relieffollowingthepatternofalegendarydragon.behindthegatestandsanotherpairofsimilarcolumns.thestoryofhuabiaomaybetracedtoacoupleofsources.oneoftheversionsaccreditsitsinventiontooneofthechinesesagekingsnamedyao,whowassaidtohavesetupawoodenpillarinordertoallowtheordinarypeopletoexposeevil-doers,henceitwasoriginallycalledaslanderpillar.lateritwsreducedtoasignpost,andnowitservesasanornament.thebeastsittingonthetopofthecolumniscalled”hou”,alegendaryanimal,whichissaidtohavebeenawatcherofanemperor’sbehaviour.hewasdoingsuchdutiesaswarningtheemperoragainststayingtoolongoutsidethepalaceorindulginginpleasureandurginghimtogotothepeoplefortheircomplaintsorreturninduetime.therefore,thetwopairsofbeastsweregiventhenames”wangjunhui”(expectingtheemperor’scomingback)and“wangjunchu”(expectingtheemperor’sgoingout)respectinvely.intheolddays,tian’anmen,asapartoftheimperialcity,wasmeantforimportantoccasions.thetworowsofchaofang(antechamber),onthesidesbehindthemaingate,wrereservedforcivilandmilitarymembersofthegovernmentwaitingforimperialaudienceandinfrontofthegate,wereofficesofimperialadministration.onoctober1,1949,chairmanmaozedongproclaimedontian’anmenrostrumthefoundingofthepeople’srepublicofchina.sincethentian’anmenhasbeenthesymbolofnewchine\a.chairmanmao’sportraitishungabovethecentralentrance,flankedbytwoslogans:”longlivethegreatunityofthepeoplesoftheworld”.today,thesplendouroftian’anmenattractsmillionofvisitorsfromallovertheworld.therostrumonitstopwasopenedin1988tothepublicforthefirsttimeinitshistory.itoffersapanoramicviewofthesquareandthecityproper.tian’anmensquaresituatedduesouthoftian’anmen,thesquarehasanareaof44hectares(109acres)thatcanaccommodateasmanyasonemillionpeopleforpublicgatherings.ithaswitnessedmayhistoricaleventsinchina’smodernhistoryandisaplaceforcelebrationsonsuchfestivedaysasinternationallabourdayonmay1standnationaldayonoctober1st. |
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