Tiananmen Square is located in the center of Beijing. It is 880 meters long from north to south and 500 meters wide from east to west, with an area of 440,000 square meters and can accommodate one million people to hold grand gatherings. Along the central axis of Beijing from north to south in the square stand the national flagpole, the Monument to the People’s Heroes, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall and Zhengyangmen Gate Tower in turn. On October 1, 1949, the founding ceremony of the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China, namely the founding ceremony, was grandly held in Tiananmen Square. The People’s Republic of China was born! Since then, a new chapter has been opened in Chinese history. On the day of the founding ceremony, 300,000 soldiers and civilians in Beijing gathered in Tiananmen Square. Since then, Tiananmen Square has become an important place for the Party and the country to hold major celebrations, grand gatherings and foreign affairs receptions.
Opening hours: Open all year round from 5:00 to 22:00.
Must-see tips:
1. The security check at Tiananmen Square is very strict. Knives, sharp objects and other items may be prohibited from being brought in. In addition, the security check queue may take a long time. If you don’t bring a bag, you can enter faster.
2. Tourists can make reservations for visiting within the next 10 days through the information in the reservation channel. Groups such as the elderly, primary and middle school students, and the disabled who are inconvenient to use intelligent terminals can be reserved by relatives and friends. If it is inconvenient for relatives and friends to make reservations on behalf, staff can also provide on-site assistance for reservation services. Tourists who have made reservations for the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, the National Museum, the Palace Museum, Zhongshan Park, Beijing Working People’s Cultural Palace and other units open to the public can show their valid reservation records to the on-site staff.
3. Reservations are divided into four time periods: ‘flag raising’, ‘morning’, ‘afternoon’ and ‘flag lowering’. The ‘flag raising’ period is from the opening time point of Tiananmen Square every day (1 hour before the flag raising) to the end of the flag raising ceremony. The’morning’ period is from the end of the daily flag raising ceremony to 12:00. The ‘afternoon’ period is from 12:00 every day to the late closing time point of Tiananmen Square. The ‘flag lowering’ period is from 1 hour before the daily flag lowering time point to the evening closing time point of Tiananmen Square. Each time period can be reserved once a day.
4. After a successful reservation, it can be cancelled. Each reservation can be cancelled up to three times a day. If it is cancelled more than three times, it cannot be reserved again on the same day. You can click ‘Reservation Records’ on the homepage of the reservation platform. After opening the reservation record interface, find the reservation record to be cancelled and click the ‘Cancel Reservation’ button.
5. If the reservation is successful but the verification is not completed and the reservation is not cancelled, it is regarded as a no-show. For tourists who have reserved multiple time periods, if there is one successful verification on the same day, it is not regarded as a no-show.
6. Tourists can make reservations for multiple days or multiple time periods in one day. Tourists who are no-shows three times or more within one month will not be supported for making reservations again within six months.Groups such as the elderly, primary and middle school students, and the disabled who are inconvenient to use intelligent terminals can be reserved by relatives and friends. For those who are inconvenient to be reserved by relatives and friends, on-site staff can also provide on-site assistance reservation services. Tourists who have made reservations for the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, the National Museum, the Palace Museum, Zhongshan Park, Beijing Working People’s Cultural Palace and other open units can show valid reservation records to on-site staff.
3. Reservations are divided into four time periods: ‘flag raising’, ‘morning’, ‘afternoon’, and ‘flag lowering’. The ‘flag raising’ period is from the opening time point of Tiananmen Square every day (1 hour before the flag raising) to the end of the flag raising ceremony. The’morning’ period is from the end of the daily flag raising ceremony to 12:00. The ‘afternoon’ period is from 12:00 every day to the late closing time point of Tiananmen Square. The ‘flag lowering’ period is from 1 hour before the daily flag lowering time point to the evening closing time point of Tiananmen Square. Each time period can be reserved once a day.
4. After a successful reservation, it can be cancelled. Each reservation can be cancelled up to three times a day. If it is cancelled more than three times, it cannot be reserved again on the same day. You can click ‘Reservation Record’ on the homepage of the reservation platform. After opening the reservation record interface, find the reservation record to be cancelled and click the ‘Cancel Reservation’ button.
5. If the reservation is successful but the verification is not completed and the reservation is not cancelled, it is regarded as a no-show. For tourists who have reserved multiple time periods, if there is one successful verification on the same day, it is not regarded as a no-show.
6. Tourists can reserve multiple days or multiple time periods in one day. Tourists who have no-showed three times or more within one month will not be supported to make reservations again within six months.
According to official public information, updated on December 15, 2021.
