Beijing Tourism Guide for travelers


The most important thing to watch in Beijing is the Temple of Heaven. The Temple of Heaven, China's existing Temple of Heaven has two places, one is the Temple of Heaven in Xi'an, and the other is the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, which is more famous in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. 



The Temple of Heaven is the place where the emperor used to worship the heavens and pray for the valley. The Temple of Heaven in Xi'an is also known as the Temple of Heaven. The main peak of Wangwu Mountain, Tiantan Mountain (also known as Qionglintai) is 1715 meters above sea level. It is the place where the Chinese ancestors Xuanyuan Huangdi set up an altar to worship the heavens. The world is called "the ridge of the Taihang" and "the pillar of the celestial world". "The Yellow Emperor sue this day, and he felt that the nine-day mysterious woman and the Western Queen Mother were awarded the "Jiu Ding Shen Dan Jing" "Yin Fu Ce", which was the party of Fu Yuyou, since the beginning of the Temple of Heaven." Since the beginning of the Yellow Emperor, the emperors of the past dynasties came to worship the heavens, until the Ming Chengzu Zhu Xi was inconvenient in traffic, and built the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on the same axis of the Earth. 


Beijing Temple of Heaven is located in Beijing, in the southeast of the former Beijing outer city. Located in the south of the south of the Forbidden City, east of Zhengyangmen. It was built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420). It was the land of the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in ancient China. The total area is 273 hectares. It is the building used by the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties to "sacrifice the heavens" and "pray the valley". Temple of Heaven In 1961, the State Council announced the Temple of Heaven as a "national key cultural relics protection unit." In 1998, it was recognized by UNESCO as a “World Cultural Heritage”. In 2009, Beijing Tiantan was selected as the largest survivor of the China World Record Association in China.   


Beijing Tiantan tourist attraction

Beijing Tiantan covers an area of ​​2.72 million square meters. The entire area is larger than the Forbidden City (the Forbidden City). There are two walls that form the inner and outer altars. The main buildings are the Hall of Prayer , Huang Yuyuand Yuanqiu. The dome is built on the north and south longitudinal axes. The north wall of the altar wall symbolizes the heaven and earth. The round dome is in the south, the praying altar is in the north, and the second altar is on a north-south axis with a wall in between. The main building in the dome is a round altar, Huang Yuyu, etc., the main buildings in the pagoda are the Hall of Prayer, the Emperor's Hall, and the Year of the Prayer. The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests was built in the 18th year of Ming Yongle (1420). It was originally named "Dayu Temple" and is a rectangular hall. The Hall of Prayer is 38.2 meters high and 24.2 meters in diameter. It contains the four seasons, the December, the 12th hour and the Sunday star. It is the last remaining column of the ancient Mingtang architecture. Qiuqiu was built in the Ming Dynasty for nine years. Every year, the winter solstice holds the "Shutian Grand Ceremony" on the stage, and it is said to worship the rooftop. The whispering wall is the circular wall of the Temple of Heaven. Because the wall is hard and smooth, it is a good reflector of sound waves. Because of the precise curvature of the circumference, the sound waves can continuously reflect along the inner surface of the wall and propagate forward.

Temple of Heaven is a World Heritage Site

Chinese name: Temple of Heaven   

English name: Temple of Heaven   
Number: 200-021   
Beijing Temple of Heaven has been named a World Heritage Site. Beijing Temple of Heaven was listed on the World Heritage List in 1998 according to the Cultural Heritage Selection C(I)(II)(III).   
World Heritage Committee's evaluation of the Temple of Heaven: The Temple of Heaven in Beijing was built in the first half of the 15th century. It is housed in an imperial garden surrounded by ancient pines. It is a well-preserved altar temple complex, reflecting both the overall layout and the single building. The relationship between heaven and earth, and this relationship occupies a central position in the ancient Chinese cosmology. At the same time, these buildings also reflect the unique role that the emperor will play in this relationship. 



The value of the cultural heritage of the Temple of Heaven


(1) The Temple of Heaven in Beijing is one of the accumulations of the Chinese civilization.  
 
The Temple of Heaven from the selection, planning, architectural design and ritual rituals and rituals and music, all based on the ancient Chinese "Book of Changes" yin and yang, the five elements and other doctrines, successfully the ancients' understanding of "the sky", "the relationship between heaven and man" and the gods The wishes are vividly expressed. Each generation has built an altar to worship the heavens, while the Temple of Heaven in Beijing is one of the two preserved Chinese temples. The other is the Tiantan Temple in Xi’an.  
 
(2) The Temple of Heaven in Beijing displays the unique artistic expression and symbolic artistic expression techniques of ancient China. 
  
The scale of the dome and the number of components are concentrated and the number of “nine” is used repeatedly to symbolize the connection between “day” and emphasis on “day”. The temple of the Temple of Heaven is symbolized by a circle and blue, and the pillars and the opening of the temple are separated from the four seasons of the year, the twenty-four solar terms, the twelve months and the twelve hours of the day (the ancient day is twelve o'clock). , every hour and two hours) and symbolize the constellation in the sky - stars and so on. Everywhere, "Xiangtang" is an example of the ancient "Mingtang" (a kind of ceremonial building dedicated to ancient Chinese emperors, everywhere like Tianfa). It is the carrier of Chinese ancient culture. 
  
(3) The Temple of Heaven in Beijing is an ancient masterpiece of ancient philosophy, history, mathematics, mechanics, aesthetics, and ecology.



In fact, for the citizens who want to extend the Temple of Heaven as their living space to the outdoors, the gorgeous architecture of the Temple of Heaven is just a big background for their activities here. The greater attraction comes from the unique forest park in the city. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Tiantan has been planted with pines and cypresses.



Climate description:




The best time to travel in the Temple of Heaven should be spring and autumn. This is because the greenery of the Temple of Heaven is mainly grass, which does not provide enough sunshade in the summer. It is prone to heatstroke when exposed to the sun for a long time; if it is too cold in winter. But there is a benefit in winter, that is, you can use this deserted time to fully appreciate the effects of the acoustic buildings (three-tone stone, echo wall, etc.) of the Temple of Heaven. Of course, no matter what the season, it is best to go to the ancient buildings carefully. 


The Temple of Heaven will have Spring Festival cultural parks during the Spring Festival every year. If you allow time, this will be a good time to play.

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