The venue is in Tiananmen Square. The square is in the shape of a d-ring. D-shaped a horizontal north is a river, the river side by side with five white stone bridges; and then north of the city wall, the center of the wall towers Tiananmen Square. The d-shaped vertical extends southward to the China Gate. To the south of the intersection of one vertical and one horizontal, stands a 22-meter-high electric flagpole.
The podium was set up on the Tiananmen Citadel. Under the eaves of the citadel, eight large red palace lanterns hang on either side. Against the stone railings on the left and right sides of the citadel, eight red flags waved in the wind.
The square in the shape of a dotted line gathered the masses from all directions. From six o'clock in the morning, a procession of the masses entered. Some of the people were carrying red flags and some were carrying red lamps. After entering the venue, they arranged themselves according to the predetermined location. Among the workers, there were railroad workers from as far away as Changxindian, Fengtai, and Tongxian, who arrived at the Beijing station early in the morning and went straight to the meeting place as soon as they got off the train. The peasants from the suburbs woke up in the dark at five o'clock and walked forty or fifty miles to get here. By midday, Tiananmen Square had become a sea of people, with red flags fluttering like waves on the sea.
At 3:00 p.m. sharp, a mountain of applause erupted from the venue, and Mao Zedong, chairman of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China*** and the State Council of the People's Republic of China, appeared on the rostrum to meet the crowd. The gazes of 300,000 people turned to the podium in unison.
Lin Boqu, secretary-general of the Central People's Government, declared the ceremony open. The chairman, vice-chairman and acting members of the Central People's Government took their places. The band played the national anthem of the People's Republic of China*** and the People's Republic of China - the March of the Volunteer Army. It was the sound of this battle that had inspired the Chinese people to fight for the birth of a new China. Then, Chairman Mao Zedong announced, "The People's Republic of China (People's Republic of China) *** and the good (country), the Central People's Republic of China (People's Republic of China) Zhen (government), today, was established!"
This solemn proclamation, this majestic voice, so that the whole field of 300,000 people cheered together. This solemn announcement, this majestic voice, through the radio broadcast, spread to the Great Wall inside and outside, to the north and south of the Yangtze River, so that the hearts of all the people of China jumped up together.
Next, raise the national flag. Chairman Mao personally pressed the electric button connected to the electric flagpole, the new China's first national flag - the five-star red flag slowly rose. Three hundred thousand people took off their hats and stood at attention, raising their heads to admire the bright red flag. The five-star red flag has been raised, indicating that the Chinese people have stood up since then.
As the flag was being raised, a salute was fired. Every sound is 54 cannons fired, a ****28 sound. At first it was silent, only hear the sound of the cannon, only hear the national flag and many flags fluttering sound, to later, every sound of the cannon, the whole field to a burst of thunderous applause.
Next, Chairman Mao read the proclamation of the Central People's Government to the applause of the crowd. In powerful tones, he sent out the voice of the new China to the world. When he read "Mao Zedong has been elected chairman of the Central People's Government," 300,000 people's love for their leader melted into a loud cheer. A round of applause erupted from the observation platform at the same time.
After Chairman Mao finished reading the announcement, the parade began. Commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army Zhu De was the commander of the parade, and General Nie Rongzhen was the commander-in-chief of the parade. Commander-in-Chief Zhu and General Nie rode in the same automobile and inspected the troops first, then Commander-in-Chief Zhu returned to the podium and read the order from the People's Liberation Army Headquarters. The troops on parade were then led by General Nie and slowly marched in from east to west to the sound of the "March of the Chinese People's Liberation Army".
Beginning the parade were two platoons of the navy, with snow-white caps and blue uniforms the color of the ocean. Then came a division of infantry, marching in company formation, in unison. Then came a division of artillery, field guns, mountain guns, howitzers, rockets, all kinds of guns, all marching in a single horizontal line. Then came a division of chariots, with all kinds of armored cars and tanks in rows of two or three, marching in neat rows; the soldiers stood on their chariots with their chests out, like giants of steel. Next came a division of cavalry, the "Red Horse Company" with red horses of one color, the "White Horse Company" with white horses of one color, five horses in parallel, their legs moving in perfect unison. All these troops passed in front of the podium at equal distances and at the same speed. As the chariot troops passed by, the airplanes of the People's Air Force also flew across the sky in a formation of herringbone. Chairman Mao was the first to wave into the air. When the crowd saw this, they threw hats on their heads, newspapers and other things in their hands into the sky, cheering to drown out the rumbling of the planes.
The two-and-a-half-hour parade was a crescendo of cheers and applause in the square. The crowd almost shouted their voices mute, the palms of their hands are clapping numb, but still do not feel able to express their heart's joy and excitement.
The parade was over, and it was already evening. The lanterns and torches on Tiananmen Square were all lit up, and 10,000 fireworks were shot into the sky one after another. The sky is full of colorful sparks, and the ground is full of millions of lights. The mass parade started at this time, and the procession set off in two directions, east and west. They carried lamps, danced with torches, and chanted "Long live the Chinese People's ****ing Party!" "Long live the People's Republic of China!" "Long live the Central People's Government!" They walked in order, and when they passed the White Stone Bridge facing Tiananmen Square, they raised their lanterns and torches and shouted, "Long live Chairman Mao!" "Long live Chairman Mao!" Chairman Mao, in front of the podium on the Citadel, leaned forward, waving his hand to the crowd and shouting, "Long live the people!" "Long live the comrades!"
9:30 p.m., the parade only completely out of the venue. The two "red streams" flowed separately to the streets of the East City and the West City, and the light filled the whole city of Beijing.