Temple of Heave of Beijing Tour

Temple of Heaven, Temple of Heaven China's existing total of two, one is the Temple of Xi'an, the other is Beijing Temple of Heaven, Beijing Temple of Heaven which is more famous. Temple of Heaven, the emperor used to worship Heaven, pray Valley areas.

Beijing Temple of Heaven is located in the southeastern part of the original city outside Beijing. Forbidden City is located just south east of south, east Zhengyangmen outside. Eighteen years was built in the Ming Dynasty Yongle (1420). China's ancient Ming and Qing dynasties of emperors to worship heaven. The total area of 273 hectares. Ming and Qing dynasties emperors used to "Heaven" "Bridging the Valley" building. Tiantan (Temple of Heaven) 1961, the State Department announced the Temple of Heaven as a "national cultural heritage." 1998 was recognized as a UNESCO "World Cultural Heritage." In 2009, Beijing Temple of Heaven China Association of selected existing world record of China's largest construction Emperor Heaven.
 
Beijing Temple of Heaven covers an area of ​​2.72 million square meters, the area ratio of the Forbidden City (Imperial Palace) is also bigger, has two Yuanqiang to form inside and outside the altar, the main building has Qiniandian, Imperial Vault of Heaven, Circular Mound. Circular Mound built on the vertical axis in the north and south. Altar wall of the southern North circle, symbolizing the hemispherical dome. Huan Qiu altar in the South, pray altar in the North Valley, the second in a north-south axis with the altar on the middle of the wall apart. Huan Qiu altar altar inside the main building has Circular Mound, Imperial Vault of Heaven, etc., within the main altar pray Valley building has Qiniandian, Wong dry Temple, pray doors.
Qiniandian built in the Ming Yongle 18 years (1420), the beginning of the "big house of worship", is a rectangular hall. Qiniandian high 38.2 meters, 24.2 meters in diameter, which symbolizes the four seasons, respectively, in December, 12 hour and Zhou stars, the ancient hall-style architecture remaining one. Huan Qiu Ming Jiajing nine years. On stage at the winter solstice every year, "Sitian ceremony," For heaven station said. Whispering gallery is a circular wall of the Temple of Heaven. Because the wall hard and smooth, it is a good reflector of sound, because precise curvature of the circumference, along the wall inside a continuous sound wave can be reflected, propagates forward.