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1、TheTempleofHeavenTheTempleofHeavenisaworthwhilevisitingplaceinBeijing.ItismuchbiggerthantheImperialPalace(theForbiddenCity)andsmallerthantheSummerPalacewithanareaofabout2700000squaremeters.Thetemplewasbuiltin1420A.D.intheMingDynastytooffersacrificetoHeaven.AsChinese
2、emperorscalledthemselves“theSonofHeaven”,theydarednottobuildtheirowndwelling“ForbiddenCity”biggerthanthedwellingforHeaven.TheTempleofHeavenisenclosedwithalongwall.Thenorthernpartwithinthewallissemicircularsymbolizingtheheavensandthesouthernpartissquaresymbolizingthe
3、earth.Thenorthernpartishigherthanthesouthernpart.ThisdesignshowsthattheheavenishighandtheearthislowandreflectsanancientChinesethoughtof“Theheavenisroundandtheearthissquare”.TheTempleofHeavenisdividedbytwoenclosedwallsintoinnerpartandouterpart.Themainbuildingsofthete
4、mplelieatthesouthandnorthendsofthemiddleaxislineoftheinnerpart.ThemostmagnificentbuildingsfromsouthtonortharetheCircularTerrace,theImperialHeavenlyVaultandtheHallofPrayerforGoodHarvests.Also,therearesomeadditionalbuildingslikeThreeEchoStonesandEchoWall.CircularTerra
5、cehasthreelayeredterraceswithwhitemarble.DuringtheMingandQingDynasties(1368A.D.~1911A.D.),theemperorswouldoffersacrificestoHeavenonthedayoftheWinterSolsticeeveryyear.ThisceremonywastothankHeavenandhopeeverythingwouldbegoodinthefuture.HallofPrayerforGoodHarvestsisabi
6、gpalacewithroundroofandthreelayersofeaves,theroofiscoveredwithblack,yellowandgreencoloredglazerepresentingtheheavens,theearthandeverythingonearth.AnotherimportantbuildingintheTempleofHeavenisImperialHeavenlyVault.Ifyoulookatitfromfaraway,youwillfindthatthevaultislik
7、eablueumbrella.ThestructureofitislikethatofHallofPrayerforGoodHarvests,butsmallerinsize.Thevaultwasmadeofbricksandtimber,withwhitemarblerailingssurrounded.ThreeEchoStonesisoutsideofthegateofImperialHeavenlyVault.Ifyouspeakfacingthevaultwhilestandingonthefirststone,y
8、ouwillhearoneecho;standingonthesecondandthethirdstone,youwillheartwoandthreeechoesrespectively.Anotherinterestingandfamousplaceforyoutovis
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