Reschedule & Cancellation:

Your ticket can be refunded (minus a 4% processing fee charged by the booking platform) or rescheduled for free if cancelled more than 72 hours before the event. Any cancellation within 72 hours of the event cannot be changed or refunded, but you can transfer the ticket to others.

The event will take place with rain, shine or pollution. But if bad weather really makes the walk impossible we will call you on the day of the tour to let you know it’s been cancelled and reschedule.

Talk: The Story of Tiananmen

The Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tiananmen) is one of Beijing’s best known landmarks - today, it is almost impossible to imagine the city without it. The iconic portrait of Mao Ze Dong that hangs on the Gate is present in the minds of billions of people across the world.

However, looking back a hundred years, the Tiananmen Gate did not possess such a distinctive status. It was just a small part of the enormous imperial palace complex. How, therefore, did the Gate become the most important piece of architecture in modern China? During this talk we will explore how the Tiananmen became what it is today. Through Beijing Postcards collection of historical photographs, we will show how Tiananmen detached itself from the imperial complex and went from being a mere gate to a communist shrine.