T'ien-an-men

The cap insignia for all personnel is the national emblem, T’ien-an-men (Heavenly gate), and the collar tabs are red. (Figure 25.)

1976, “Uniforms and Insignia—Awards and Decorations”, in The Chinese Armed Forces Today: The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Handbook of China's Army, Navy and Air Force, Arms and Armour Press, published 1979, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 165

March 8, 1952, International Working Women’s Day, was an unforgettable day for me. We, the first women fliers of new China, flew in formation over Tien An Men to be reviewed by the Chinese people’s great leader Chairman Mao. Later he received us in Chungnanhai and posed for a picture with us.

[1975 March, Hsiu-mei Wu, “Taking to the Skies”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIV, number 3, Peking, →OCLC, page 11, column 1

Shortly before this the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Peking had informed the foreign embassies that, for the first time since the foundation of the PRC in 1949, there would be no mass rally in front of the T’ien-an-mên (Gate of Heaven) on National Day (1 October).

China nach der Kulturrevolution: Politik zwischen zwei Parteitagen

[1977 [1975], Jürgen Domes, “The End of the Successor”, in Annette Berg, David Goodman, editors, China after the Cultural Revolution: Politics between Two Party Congresses [China nach der Kulturrevolution: Politik zwischen zwei Parteitagen], University of California Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 122

A wildfire of protest had swept across China, and on May 4 some five thousand students from Peking University had held a demonstration at the T’ien-an men, the gate to the palace.

[1985, John Hersey, “God-Intoxicated”, in The Call, Penguin Books, published 1986, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 361

The national or state emblem depicts the Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen or T’ien-an-men) that leads from Tiananmen Square to the Forbidden City (former imperial palace) in Beijing.

1999, Dorothy Perkins, “Emblem, National”, in Encyclopedia of China: The Essential Reference to China, Its History and Culture, Checkmark Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 142, column 2