Temple of Heaven Park.
The Temple of Heaven Park is the place of the imperial family of qing dynasty make some sacrifice. It is located at the temple of heaven road in Chongwen District Beijing, outside of the ZhengYangMen and in the east of YongDingMen. The emperors of the Ming dynasty and the Qing dynasty make some special ceremony on the day of winter solstice, in order to wish for a harvest in the next year. Now it is open for tourists come from all over the world. It is used to be some imperial places, so it is very splendid in the architectural. A China tour Beijing will make you impressive.
The Temple of Heaven park is the Ming dynasty and the qing dynasty emperors, who two generations of winter solstice offering Heaven god and the XinRi on line QiGu rite place. The temple of heaven is Ming yongle eighteen years (1420 years) imitation nanjing shape building day ditan, the whole offering heaven and earth, at that time is in the big line at the fiesta. Nine years jiajing (1530) emperor jiajing listen to secretary said: "the ancient sacrificial day, in HuanQiu sacrificial in square mound. HuanQiu person, the south of hill, hill won and high, with like day also. Square mound person, in the northern suburb of jersey high, QiuFang down to like to also." Decided to heaven and earth points offering, in the big at the south building HuanQiu worship, in beicheng stability door another FangZe built the altar to offering. Thirteen years jiajing (1534) HuanQiu renamed the temple of heaven, FangZe renamed ditan. At the big waste, to QiGu altar. Jiajing seventeen years (1538 years) QiGu altar be waste, in 19 years on the altar another kenda enjoy temple, twenty-four years to build. Qing qianlong sixteen years (1751 years) the entrance renamed. Beijing Bus Tour A - Badaling Great Wall & Ming Tombs will be wonderful.
The temple of heaven is the world's largest worship buildings. The temple of heaven has two walls wall, divided into two parts, the compound has the altar, upon domain plane north assumes the circular, the south is square, symbol - "round sky &square earth". The altar things long 1700 meters, north and south 1600 meters wide, covers an area of more than 270 hectares. The main building focus on compound has. The main building of the temple of heaven in the north and south of compound has the north-south axis, HuanQiu places in the south, worship, have HuanQiu, imperial vault yu, etc.; QiGu places in the north, QiGu, have QiNianDian, huang dry temple, and pray for the years to wait with the door, and there is a wall be apart. Two places by a 360 - meter - long, wide nearly 30 meters, and low in the south north high Dan pursuit bridge (also called sea fuman avenue or Shinto) connected. Dan positions on both sides of the bridge for large scale GuBaiLin. West wall compound has in the hall of abstinence, sacrificial is before the emperor fast dwelling place. West wall outside the altar of god in the music department, sacrifice, etc. The main altar building have QiNianDian, huang dry temple, and HuanQiu, imperial vault yu, the hall of abstinence, no LiangDian, corridor, bicyclic WanShouTing, etc., and echo wall, three sound stone, seven stone, scenic spots and historical sites. The temple of heaven architecture is not only unique artistic style, and some construction is clever use of mechanics, acoustics, geometry principle, therefore is of important value.
Echo wall: imperial vault yu courtyard around the round wall, wall height 3.72 meters, 0.9 meters thick, wall body with shandong linqing brick grinding brick to seam, blue pantile top, this is the famous "echo wall". Imperial vault yu round courtyard wall natural formation sonic refraction body, ground brick of the wall to seam way to make wall structure is very close, the surface of the wall diameter of 651 meters, 327 meters high walls. When people were standing in the back of the things peidian peidian near the wall to speak softly, although both sides distance are far from each other, but can be very clearly heard the voice of the other side speech. This is because the circular is very smooth, the sonic refraction.
QiGu altar: is MengChun ceremonies held QiGu places, built in the Ming dynasty yongle eighteen years (1420), the main building have QiNianDian, huang dry temple, and things peidian peidian, pray for the years door, god hutch, and offering pavilion, corridor, accessory building have 壝 inside and outside wall, a service platform, Dan pursuit bridge, compound has the wall southeast northwest various set tianmen, west the altar set up the altar wall QiGu door, eastern compound has seven stone. QiGu altar altars for the altar of the temple with circular building, is according to the ancient "house next offering emperor" view established. The altar for three layer, high 5.6 meters, diameter of 91 meters lower, middle diameter of 80 meters, the top 68 meters; The house is circular and 38 meters high, 32.7 meters in diameter, triple blue glazed tiles, circular eaves, saving spire, treasure gold top.
QiNianDian: by 28 root nanmu big column support, their ring turn arrangement, among 4 root "longjing column", high 19.2 meters, 1.2 meters in diameter, supporting the upper roof; Intermediate 12 root JinZhu support the second eaves, in scarlet primer to drain powder with the method draw has delicate design; Peripheral 12 root cap column support layer 3 eaves, The corresponding set three layer smallpox, intermediate set longfeng ceiling; Inside liang fang shi seal of LongFengHe colored drawing. QiNianDian among 4 root "longjing column", a symbol of a year the four seasons of chun xiaqiu winter; Middle twelve big column than longjing column slightly fine, whose name is JinZhu, a symbol of a year of twelve months; Outer twelve pillars that eaves column, the symbol of a day of twelve hours. Chinese and foreign two pillars reigned twenty-four root, the symbol of the 24 solar terms.
