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tourists queued up all night to watch the flag-raising in tiananmen square: the atmosphere was very good and everyone sang "singing the motherland"

2024-10-01

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on october 1, the 2024 national day flag-raising ceremony was held in tiananmen square. starting from the evening of september 30, many tourists came to the square one after another, waiting to watch the flag-raising ceremony.

"i made an appointment to arrive at the entrance time from 0 to 2 in the morning, and queued up at the security checkpoint at about 12:30." mr. peng from shenzhen came to beijing on a business trip a month ago. during the national day holiday, his relatives and friends came to beijing for tourism mr. peng brought his relatives and friends to tiananmen square to watch the flag-raising ceremony. "this year is the 75th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china. we happened to be in beijing. i thought it was a memorable moment, so i came over to watch."

when mr. peng arrived at tiananmen square, there were many tourists waiting at the scene. "i basically arrived at two o'clock in the morning." although he had studied in beijing before, this was also the first time for mr. peng to watch the flag-raising ceremony live. , "the flag-raising ceremony started after 6 o'clock. to be honest, those in the back row could hardly see the honor guard, only the tip of the flagpole. maybe watching the news would be more complete, but there is still a sense of ceremony at the scene."

mr. peng introduced that after the flag-raising ceremony began, the national anthem was sung on site, and then white doves and balloons were released. "later, everyone also sang "singing the motherland" together. the atmosphere at the scene was very good."

xiaoxiang morning news reporter zhang qin and intern zhu tianxiang