Question: More than 200,000 people rushed to Tiananmen Square to watch the flag-raising to celebrate the birth of the motherland Author Du Yan and Xu Jing On the 1st, the sun rose in the east, and the sky was red. On October 1, the National Day Flag Raising Ceremony was held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Citizens and tourists from all over the world gathered in the square to witness the solemn moment of the rising five-star red flag and celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.