The Temple of Heaven Park

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"From the temple of prayer to the emperor's temple on the road is a beautiful park, where is it beautiful? No one can say clearly, whether it is the ancient tree six hundred years ago or the temple of prayer and the emperor, I don't know, anyway, a well-informed French poet came to the Temple of Heaven, after seeing, he concluded that the Temple of Heaven Park is the most beautiful park in the world. The introduction of the Temple of Heaven is as follows: The Temple of Heaven is located at the southern end of Beijing, where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties sacrificed the gods of heaven and earth and prayed for the harvest of the grains. Its rigorous architectural layout, strange architectural structure, magnificent architectural decoration, is considered to be the most exquisite and beautiful ancient architecture group in China, the Temple of Heaven is not only the pearl in ancient Chinese architecture, but also the treasure in the history of world architecture. The Temple of Heaven is 1700 meters long and 1600 meters wide from north to south, with a total area of 2.73 million square meters. The Temple of Heaven includes the two altars of Qiqiu and Qigu. The wall is divided into two layers inside and outside, and is in a zigzag shape. The north wall is arced, and the south wall intersects at right angles and is square. This southern and northern circle, commonly known as the "Tiandi Wall", symbolizes the ancient "Tianyuan place". There are no doors on the east, south and north sides of the outer altar wall, only two gates are repaired in the west -- - Qiutan Gate and Qigutan Gate (also known as the Temple of Heaven Gate). The inner altar wall is surrounded by four heaven gates, east, south, west and north. The inner altar is built with altars and Jai Palace, and there is an east-west wall, the south is the Qiqiu Temple and the north is the Qiqiu Temple. In addition to the Qiqiu Temple and Qiqiu Temple, there are two distinct buildings in the Temple of Heaven, namely the Jai Palace and the Shenle Department. The palace is actually a small palace, which is dedicated to the emperor's residence during the fasting before the sacrifice ceremony, and is also surrounded by a city river. The Shenle Department is under the Taichang Temple of the Libu, which is specially responsible for performing rituals and music during the sacrifice. It is a permanent institution with hundreds of bands and dance teams, usually rehearsing, and is responsible for rituals and music during sacrifices. The location of the sign is in the west of the outer altar, adjacent to the partition wall of the Zhai Palace, which is a standard set of sign buildings. The Temple of Heaven is vast, four times the size of the Forbidden City. The dark green color of pine and cypress is planted around the very small area of the building, which expresses reverence, remembrance and prayer in ancient times. This is also the reason for planting cypress in altars, temples and mausoleums. Entering the Temple of Heaven, the trees are lush, especially near the north and south axis and the complex, and the ancient cypress is towering, the tree crowns are connected, and the altar is very solemn. According to statistics, there are 4,000 ancient cypresses in the Temple of Heaven alone. The temple of prayer is on the altar of prayer. The temple is 33 meters high and24.2 meters in diameter. It is magnificent and magnificent. It is one of the tallest buildings in Beijing in the past. The temple was built in the 18th year of Mingyongle (1420) and named the temple. It is a square hall with a ridge of yellow wayu and a ridge of 36 deep. The temple was not so much an altar as a palace. Later, Emperor Jiajing decided to dismantle it and built the temple on the original site of the temple in 1545. After the Qing Dynasty was established, it was used to hold a prayer ceremony. In 1751, the temple was officially renamed the temple to the temple. In the 16th year of Qingganlong (1751), the temple was rebuilt and the blue tile gold roof was replaced. On August 24, Guangxu 15 years (1889), thunderstorms were added, and the temple was unfortunately hit by lightning and burned."