The photo taken on August 25, 2009 shows the Chang'an Avenue after five months’ face-lift work to widen and resurface the road. A section of the avenue that runs across the northern edge of the Tian'anmen Square, where a massive military parade is set to be held on October 1 for the National Day celebration, has been repaired and repaved. The avenue received its last face-lift in 1999 for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of PRC. [CFP]

The photo taken on August 25, 2009 shows the Chang'an Avenue after five months’ face-lift work to widen and resurface the road. A section of the avenue that runs across the northern edge of the Tian'anmen Square, where a massive military parade is set to be held on October 1 for the National Day celebration, has been repaired and repaved. The avenue received its last face-lift in 1999 for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of PRC. [CFP]

The Tian'anmen Square and Chang'an Avenue are seen in this file photo taken on October 10, 1959. [Xinhua]

The East Chang'an Avenue in this October 31, 1959 file photo. [Xinhua]

This file photo taken on March 11, 1964 shows the West Chang'an Avenue after a heavy snow in Beijing. [Xinhua]