Tian'anmen Square and the Forbidden City
The first stop for any visitor to Beijing is Tian'anmen
Square . Physically at the city's centre, symbolically it's the
heart of China, and the events it has witnessed have shaped the
history of the People's Republic from its inception. Chairman Mao
lies here in his marble mausoleum , with the Great Hall
of the People to the west and the Museum of the Chinese
Revolution to the east. Monumental architecture that's much,
much older lies just to the north - the Forbidden City of the
Emperors , now open to all.
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