Temple of heaven Tours – Beijing, China
Temple of heaven
天坛公园
About this place
Temple of heaven, in the south of Beijing, east of Yongdingmen inner street, Dongcheng District. It covers an area of 2.73 million square meters. The temple of heaven was built in 1420, the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty. It was rebuilt in Qianlong and Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty.
It is a place for emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties to sacrifice the heaven and pray for the harvest. The temple of heaven is the general name of the two altars, the round hill and the praying valley. There are two sides of the altar wall, forming the inner and outer altar. The South and the north of the altar wall are round, symbolizing the heaven and the place. The main building is the inner altar, the round hill altar is in the south, the prayer Valley altar is in the north, and the two altars are on the same north-south axis, with walls in the middle. The main buildings in the round hill altar are the round hill altar, the imperial dome and so on. The main buildings in the prayer Valley altar are the prayer hall, the emperor hall and the prayer gate.
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