Not taken by me.
I remember when this happened. Tian'anmen Square filled up with up to one million Chinese students who were displeased with the Chinese government in April-June 1989. The standoff ended with tanks and soldiers winning on June 4, 1989. There isn't much reference to the event in anything you see or read in China, but at 10:00 pm every night a row of soldiers line up at one end of Tian'anmen Square and slowly walk to the other end, thus inviting everyone to leave.
The building above was the Tian'anmen (Gate of Heavenly Peace) rostrum. It was the southern entrance to the Forbidden City and looked out over the 49 hectare square.
About in the center of the square was the Monument to the People's Heroes. The Museum of Chinese History and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution are in the background. The building was quite large and was built in 1959.
At the end of the square, opposite the Forbidden City entrance, was the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. There was usually a large line of people waiting to go in, but it appeared to be closed the day we were there.
2018-03-05