Tiananmen

Proper noun

Tiananmen

1. A gate near the Forbidden City, Beijing, China.
   • In 1966, Mao sanctioned the start of the Cultural Revolution, a campaign against entrenched party interests and "capitalist-roaders" that brought China to the brink of civil war and ruined lives and careers.
     All the while, he nurtured a personality cult. People carried around his "Little Red Book"...1993 December 27, Steven Mufson, “CHINA MARKS CENTENARY OF MAO'S BIRTH”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2023
   • Like many Beijing landmarks - the Gate of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Literary Glory, the Hall of Martial Valour - Tiananmen's name, "The Gate of Heavenly Peace", is abstract and absolute, an appellation bequeathed by Mao Zedong, "The Great Helmsman," whose cult still lives on in his mausoleum in...2006, Philip Dodd, Ben Donald, The Book of Cities, New York (printed in China): MJF Books, →ISBN, page 241