Tiananmen Square is a large city square in the center of Beijing China named after the Tiananmen Gate Gate of Heavenly Peace located to its North separating it from the Forbidden City. Tiananmen Square is the third largest city square in the world 440000 m 880m by 500m or 109 acres 960 by 550 [ссылка] has great cultural significance as it was the site of several important events in Chinese history.