Flying Kites in Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square is the world's largest square. It is of course associated with the massacre following the student protests of 1989. This is where Mao proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic in 1949. His huge portrait at the Tian'anmen Gate still remains.

When flying kites, afternoon is the best time as it will not be as crowded. We asked our guide to stop at a shop to buy our kites.

You can buy them from the vendors at the square, but if you are going later in the day, you are safer bringing your own, as there might not be many vendors left.

And don't forget to buy the rope, we assumed it was already with the kites, then had to pay dearly for some industrial size rolls at the square...

Stay to the side of the Square to catch the wind. If you stand in the middle, there isn't enough wind to get the kites up because of the surrounding buildings.

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