The Temple of Heaven
Introduction:
The Temple of Heaven was the place where the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynas ties would worship Heaven and pray for bumper crops.
Built first in 1420(the 18th year of Emperor Yongle’s reign of the Ming Dynasty), and then expanded and reconstructed during the Ming Emperor Jiajing’s reign and Qing E mperor Qianlong’s reign, the Temple of Heaven is a grand and magnificent masterpiec e of architecture with a formal and solemn environment. Since the founding of New C hina, the government has allotted a great sum of money to protect and restore the cult ural monuments there. The Temple of Heaven with its long history, deep cultural cont ent and magnificent architectural style mirrors the ancient culture of the Orient.
In the Temple of Heaven are situated such main buildings as the Hall of Prayer for Go od harvests, the Hall of Heavenly Emperor, the Circular Mound, the Imperial Vault of Heaven, th
e Abstinence Hall, the Beamless Hall, the Long Corridor, the Longevity Pa vilion in a double ring shape as well as the Echo Wall, the Three Echo Stones, and the Seven Meteoric Stones.
worshipThe Temple of Heaven is the largest architectural group for worshipping Heaven in th e world. In 1961, it was listed by the State Council as "one of the key monuments und er the state protection". In 1998, it was recognized by the UNESCO as "one of the hu man heritages of the world".
天坛始建于明永乐十八年(1420年),总面积273公顷,经明嘉靖、清乾隆等朝增建、改建,建筑宏伟壮丽,环境庄严肃穆,是明、清两代皇帝“祭天”、“祈谷”的场所,坛域北呈圆形,南为方形,寓意“天圆地方”。四周环筑坛墙两道,把全坛分为内坛、外坛两部分,主要建筑集中于内坛。坛内主要建筑有祈年殿、皇乾殿、圜丘、皇穹宇、斋宫、无梁殿、长廊等,还有回音壁、三音石、七星石等名胜古迹。天坛集明、清建筑技艺之大成,是中国古建珍品,是世界上最大的祭天建筑。1998年被联合国教科文组织列入"世界遗产名录"。

版权声明：本站内容均来自互联网，仅供演示用，请勿用于商业和其他非法用途。如果侵犯了您的权益请与我们联系QQ:729038198，我们将在24小时内删除。