Where do the bells of Wutan Eight Temples point?

Five altars and eight temples and one bell refers to old Beijing, but it is exactly nine altars and eight temples, among which nine altars refer to the imperial city, namely the Temple of Heaven, Ditan, Asahi Altar, Xiyue Altar and Xiannong Altar. Temple of Heaven, Ditan, Valley Prayer Altar, Asahi Altar, Xiyue Altar, Tai Sui Altar, Xiannong Altar, Xianshen Altar and Shetan. Neiba Temple is the ancestral temple, Fengxian Temple, Chuanxin Temple, Shouhuang temple Temple, Yonghe Palace, Tangzi Temple, Confucian Temple and Imperial Temple in all previous dynasties. The eight outer temples are Xuanren Temple, Zhaoxian Temple, Ninghe Temple, Fu You Temple, Zhenwu Temple, Wanshou Xinglong Temple, Purdue Temple and Silent Temple. One bell: Dazhong Temple.

Nine altars in Beijing were built in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420), which was the first altar built when the capital was moved to Beijing in Ming Dynasty. The country became the symbol and pronoun of the country in feudal times. The emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties came here every year on the first day of February in the Spring and Autumn Period (now Zhongshan Park) to worship the gods of the country. In the eighteenth year of Yongle, a heaven and earth altar was built on the south side of Zhengyangmen, with four altars of sun, moon, stars, rain, wind and thunder. At that time, heaven, earth, sun and moon were sacrificed together.

It was not until the ninth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1530) that the gods were worshipped in the suburbs, and a ball altar (the Temple of Heaven) was built at the southern end of the Heaven and Earth altar (now the Hall of Praying for the New Year, also known as the Hall of Praying for the Valley), also known as the Temple of Heaven, which was used by the emperor to worship heaven from winter to Sunday every year; Fang Zetan (Ditan) was built outside Andingmen, where emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties offered sacrifices to land gods from summer to Sunday every year. Outside Chaoyangmen, there is an altar for worshipping the sun at the vernal equinox. The moon altar built outside Fuchengmen is a moon sacrifice at the autumnal equinox. And renamed DaSiTang DaxiangTang. On the first day of the first month of each year, it is also called the Valley of Praying for the Year. Qing Qianlong sixteen years, renamed the Hall of Prayer for the New Year.

Xiannongtan is located on the west side of Yongdingmen, which was built in Yongle period and is a place to worship Shennong. From the second year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, the emperor would come here every spring on the auspicious day of February to "bow down and kiss Lei Ji". Tai sui altar is located in the northeast of Xiannong altar, which was built in the eleventh year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty. Because Tai Sui is the god of age, the emperor not only sacrifices twice a year on auspicious days in the first half of the first month and the end of the twelfth month, in order to make the New Year auspicious, make the country prosperous and the people safe, but also burns incense here after the ploughing ceremony at Xiannongtan.

The first silkworm altar was built in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, originally outside Andingmen, and then moved to the northeast corner of Xiyuan (now in Beihai Park). On the auspicious day of the second month of spring every year, the queen will come here to offer sacrifices and pay tribute to the agricultural and sideline industries, and sometimes send a princess to pay tribute.

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Two of the eight royal temples are located in the Forbidden City, one is Fengxian Hall and the other is Jiaoxin Hall. Fengxian Temple originated in Ming Taizu. China ancient Tian Zi ancestral hall has been in the ancestral hall since it was customized in the Zhou Dynasty, and there is no Fengxian Hall. Sacrificing the ancestral temple is an auspicious ceremony in the Five Rites, which is considered as a national ceremony and an activity of the national government. The preparation is complicated and strict, and it is only carried out once a year.

Guo Xin Dian is the place where the emperor held a "memorial ceremony" before the royal banquet. "Jing Yan" is a lecture specially set up for the emperor to study the history of Jing. It is usually held from February to May in spring and from August to solstice in winter in autumn. It is held in one day and is not allowed in hot summer and cold season. At the opening ceremony, knowledgeable ministers took turns to attend classes and selected famous articles to explain their meanings, providing reference for governing the country. The regulations of Chuanxintang began in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. It seems that there was no such building in the Ming Dynasty, but it was added or rebuilt after the Qing Dynasty.

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