Tiananmen Square Center Of China

Tiananmen Square is a large city square in the centre of Beijing , China , named after the Tiananmen Gate located to its North , separating it from the Forbidden City . Tiananmen Square is the third largest city square in the world 440 ,000 m² - 880m by 500m . It has great cultural significance as it was the site of several important events in Chinese history . Outside China , the square is best known in recent memory as the focal point of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 , a pro-democracy movement which ended on 4 June 1989 with the declaration of martial law in Beijing by the government and the death of several hundred civilians .