Brief introduction of Beijing Tiantan Park

Located at the southern tip of Beijing, the Temple of Heaven is the place where emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties offered sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth and prayed for abundant crops. Its rigorous architectural layout, peculiar architectural structure and magnificent architectural decoration are considered as the most exquisite and beautiful ancient buildings in China. The Temple of Heaven is not only the pearl of ancient architecture in China, but also a treasure in the history of world architecture.

The Hall of Praying for the New Year is a magnificent and unique building with a very national style. The gilded dome has three roofs, the top of which is round, covered with blue glazed tiles symbolizing the "sky", which contract upward layer by layer. The wooden structure under the eaves is painted with seals. It sits on a pedestal of white marble. From a distance, the color contrast is strong and harmonious, and the upper and lower shapes are unified and changeable.

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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 ruler-shaped, corresponding to the size of 36 pillars of the Hall of Prayer for the New Year, symbolizing 72 earth demons. ?

On the west side of Bai Xi Forest, the Hall of Prayer for the New Year is the largest lilac forest in Beijing, covering an area of 6,300 square meters, with 240 clusters of lilacs, which is nearly 50 years old and very rare in Beijing. Chrysanthemum in the Temple of Heaven is famous for its variety and high protection level, such as "Xue Rui Prays for the Year" and "Single Golden Lion".