On October 1, hundreds of thousands of people packed Binjiang Pedestrian Commercial Street in Tianjin to watch the National Day military parade in front of a big LCD screen, celebrating the historic event together. (By Liu Xiaochuan)

A little girl waited excitedly in front of the big LCD screen for the start of the National Day military parade. (By Liu Xiaochuan)

Early on the morning of October 1, hundreds of thousands of people got together in front of a big LCD screen on Binjiang Pedestrian Commercial Street in Tianjin, waiting for the start of the grand military parade. (By Liu Xiaochuan)

By Li Jing