What are the scenic spots in the Temple of Heaven?

The scenic spots of the Temple of Heaven include: Hall for Praying for the New Year, Oasis Altar, Hall for Praying for the New Year, Emperor Hall, Huanggan Hall, Danbi Bridge, Shenle Department, Shen Nan Kitchen, 72 Lian Fang and Zhai Palace.

1, Hall of Prayer for the New Year

It is supported by 28 Jin Sinan wooden columns, which are arranged in a circle, and there are 4 "Longjing columns" in the middle, with a height of19.2m and a diameter of1.2m, which support the upper eaves; A two-story eave supported by 12 gold pillar in the middle is painted with exquisite patterns on cinnabar primer by dipping powder and pasting gold. Outside 12 eaves column supports the third eaves; Three floors of ceilings are correspondingly arranged, with dragon and phoenix algae wells in the middle; In the hall, there are beams, dragons, phoenixes and painted seals.

2. Ball altar

Waqiu altar is the place where the winter solstice ceremony is held. The main buildings are Waqiu, Imperial Dome and its annex, kitchen, Sanku and sacrificial pavilion, and the annex has tables and lanterns. In the Ming Dynasty, Waqiu was a three-layer blue glazed round altar, which was expanded in the 14th year of Qing Qianlong (1749). The blue glazed table top was changed to a bluestone table top, with mugwort leaves, white marble columns and columns.

The dome is as round as the sky, and consists of three altars, with a height of 5.17m, a lower diameter of 54.92m and an upper diameter of 23.65m. Each floor has nine steps on all sides. In the center of the upper layer is a round stone, nine circles of fan-shaped stones and nine inner rings, which extend outward in turn in multiples of nine. Fences and observation posts also use multiples of 9 to symbolize days.

3. Pray for the valley altar

The altar of praying for the valley is the place where Meng Chun holds the ceremony of praying for the valley. It was built in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420). The main buildings include the Hall for Praying for the New Year, the Palace, the East-West Annex Hall, the Gate for Praying for the New Year, the kitchen, the sacrificial pavilion and the promenade. Accessory buildings include internal and external walls, service platforms and single bridge. There are Tianmen in the southeast and northwest of the inner altar wall and prayer doors in the outer altar wall.

The altar of the altar for praying for the valley is a circular building that integrates the altar and the temple, which was established according to the ancient saying that "His Highness worships the emperor". The altar has three floors, with a height of 5.6m, a lower diameter of 9 1 m, a middle diameter of 80m and an upper diameter of 68m. The main hall is circular, 38 meters high and 32.7 meters in diameter. It has three layers of blue glazed tiles, round eaves, pyramid-shaped roofs and gilded roofs.

4. Imperial Treasury

Imperial vault Courtyard is located on the north side of the outer branch of the dome, with the circular wall facing south and three glazed doors in the south. The main buildings are the imperial vault and the East-West Annex Hall, which are places for offering sacrifices to altars and gods. The imperial vault is supported by 16 columns, with eight eaves columns in the outer layer and eight gold columns in the middle. These two pillars have gold sliding arches to support the ceiling and algae wells on the arches. The hall is covered with colorful paintings of dragons, phoenixes and seals. The ceiling pattern is two gold-plated dragons, and the algae well is golden dragon.

The span of the bucket arch and caisson in the Forbidden City is unique among the ancient buildings in China. The imperial vault is decorated with a hall, a resting mountain hall roof, a glazed tile roof with blue tiles, and six steps on the front, decorated with colorful paintings, with exquisite shapes. The East Hall is dedicated to Daimyojin (the sun), the Big Dipper, the five stars of Jin Mu and the stars of Sunday, while the West Hall is dedicated to the luminous god (the moon) and the gods of sex, rain and wind.

5.72 rooms

There are 72 corridors on the east side of the Hall of Prayer for the New Year, which is an affiliated building of the Guqi Temple. It is a greenhouse with eaves and ridges, with large doors and windows in the north and south, commonly known as "72 rooms". In the north of the central part of the promenade, there are five "god libraries", which are warehouses for collecting sacrificial supplies. To the west of the "Shenku" is the "Shenchu", where offerings and cakes are made when offering sacrifices to heaven.

There are 72 kitchens, treasury, sacrificial pavilions and sacrificial pavilions in the valley prayer altar, which are connected with the valley prayer altar through a long corridor. The corridor from the East Brick Gate to the Northeast Sacrificial Pavilion is rectangular, corresponding to the size of 36 pillars of the Hall of Prayer for the New Year, symbolizing 72 earth demons.

6, fasting palace

The fasting palace is the place where the emperor fasted before the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven. It is located in the southwest corner of the altar in the Valley of Blessing. There are some buildings dedicated to etiquette, residence, service and safety in the palace, such as the beamless hall, the sleeping hall, the bell tower, the duty room and the verandah, all of which are made of green glazed tiles, surrounded by double palace walls and two imperial ditches. Zhai Palace, with its rigorous layout and elegant environment, is the representative work of ancient Zhai architecture in China.

Wuliangdian is the main hall of Zhaigong, with green glazed tiles at the top, brick domes in the hall, and pedestal pillars in front of the hall, in three positions, with positive rank 13 and left rank 15. Wuliangdian is the place where the emperor fasted during the day. The furnishings in the hall are simple, and the "Respect for Heaven" plaque hanging in the Ming Dynasty is the imperial pen of Emperor Qianlong, expressing the emperor's piety to God.

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