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On the best position of flag raising in Tian'anmen on National Day 2018

National Day is one of the major festivals in China. On the 11th National Day, you can go to Tian'anmen Gate to see the solemn flag raising ceremony and see the rising of the five-star red flag. Are many people excited and yearning for the scene of singing the National Anthem together? So if you want to see the flag raising, you must make a good strategy in advance.

What's the time to raise the flag on the national day of Tian'anmen in 2018

The national day flag raising time is 6:10 on October 1, 2018, and the flag lowering time is 17:58 on October 1, 2018.

Tickets to Tian'anmen Square: Free

Tiananmen Square transportation: take bus No.1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 22, 44, 52, 110, 120 to get there; or take the subway

Time strategy of flag raising in Beijing

The flag raising and lowering time of Tian'anmen Square is determined according to the sunrise and sunset time of Beijing. The specific time is specially calculated by Lin Heng, an astronomer at Beijing Observatory. In the morning, when the upper edge of the sun and the horizon seen in Tian'anmen Square are at the same time, the flag is lowered. The time of raising and lowering the national flag varies with different dates.

From January 11 to June 6 every year, the flag raising is gradually advanced from 7:36 a.m. to 4:36 a.m., with an average advance of about 1 minute per day; from June 22 to December 30, the flag raising is gradually postponed from 4:46 to 7:36, with an average delay of 52 seconds per day. From December 31 to January 10 and from June 7 to June 21, the daily flag raising time is 7:36 and 4:46, respectively.

The time of lowering the national flag is also divided into two periods: gradually postponed and gradually advanced. In case of overcast, rainy and snowy days, the time for raising and lowering the flag is the same as the day before. On the first day of each month, when the flag is raised in Tian'anmen Square, the military band will play the national anthem. The whole time of raising the flag is 2 minutes and 7 seconds.

Route guide to the best place to watch flag raising in Beijing

Tiananmen Square has 3 viewing points in total. They are the south of the warning line on the south side of the flagpole, the east of the warning line on the east side of Jinshui bridge and the west of the warning line on the west side of Jinshui bridge. Tian'anmen Square is closed at night and open 40 minutes earlier than the flag raising time in the morning. Visitors can wait an hour before raising the flag near the square. Before the flag raising ceremony, Tian'anmen police will arrange the police to maintain order at the entrances and exits in advance, pull open wires at two places where there are more people outside the west gate of the National Museum and the east gate of the Great Hall of the people, and organize the people waiting to watch the flag raising. When the square is open, the masses will be guided and escorted into the square by a number of police officers.

At the same time, the police on duty will command the passing vehicles to stop passing, so as to ensure that tourists can enter the square smoothly from the motorway in the East and west of the square.

The crowd is arranged outside the flagpole cordon. The elderly and children will be arranged in the front row to watch in the daytime. All nine entrances and exits of the square are open. At night, all entrances and exits are closed. When Tian'anmen Square was opened, except for the two entrances and exits of the underpass in the northeast corner and northwest corner were still closed, the other seven entrances and exits were open. Police are in charge of the whole team at the entrance of the west gate of the National Museum and the east gate of the Great Hall of the people.