The chairman Mao Zedong Memorial Hall stands on the former sits of Zhonghuamen Gate at the southern end of Tian'anmen Square between the Monument to the People's Heroes and Zhengyangmen Gate.

Although Tiananmen Square looks like a field of concrete (which it is), you'll want to see it for the surrounding attractions: The Great Hall of the People, the Mausoleum of Mao Zedong ...

On October 1, 1949 a grand ceremony was witnessed by 300,000 people in Beijing 's Tiananmen Square, and Mao Zedong, chairman of the Central People's Government, solemnly proclaimed the founding of ...

The embalmed body of Mao Zedong has been on display at his mausoleum in the center of Tiananmen Square since 1977, where people converge to pay their respects to the communist revolutionary and ...

Mao died in 1976 and his remains are kept in a mausoleum in Tiananmen Square. Take an audiovisual tour of Mao's hometown » Soon enough, Deng Xiaoping emerged as the new paramount leader.

Watch a profile of student leader of the Tiananmen uprising » Students were expected to participate in mass movements, such as the Cultural Revolution launched by Mao Zedong, the Communist Party ...

Tiananmen, or the Gate of Heavenly Peace, is where Chairman Mao proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic on 1 October 1949. Just north of the square lies the Imperial Palace (Gugong ...

Two weeks after the killing in August 1966, crowds gathered in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, where Mao spoke directly to tens ...