'''Tiananmen Square''' ([[Simplified Chinese|Simplified]]: 天安门广场; [[Traditional Chinese|Traditional]]: 天安門廣場; Meaning: "Gate of Heavenly Peace") is a large plaza in [[Beijing]], found to the south of the [[Forbidden City]]. It was built during the [[Ming Dynasty]], at the same time as the Forbidden City.[[File:Tianmen.jpg|thumb|350px|Tiananmen (T'ien-an Men, or Gate of Heavenly Peace) Square marks the southern exit from the Forbidden City. Here is where democracy demonstrators were shot down in 1989]]==Sites Near the Square==*Great Hall of the People*Forbidden City*Mausoleum of Mao Zedong*Monument to the People's Heroes*National Museum of China
==Historical Events==
Tiananmen Square was the site of many significant events in China's history.
===May Fourth Movement===
See the article [[May Fourth Movement]]
===1989 Protests===
See the article [[Tiananmen Square massacre]].
[[Category:ChinaChinese History]]