2009-02-06

Temple of Heaven - Chinese tourism scenic spots

18 years before the Temple of Heaven Ming Yongle (AD 1420), Ming and Qing dynasties was the emperor worship Heaven and pray for each of grain harvest. Temple of Heaven in order to strict construction layout, and the peculiar structure of the building are decorated with magnificent buildings in the world, said. The total area of about 2,700,000 square meters, is divided into inner and outer Tan Tan. Main Tan, buildings, the South has Huan Qiu Tan, Imperial Vault, the North Hall of Prayer for Harvest there, the Hall of Imperial stem from a north-south through the connected - Danbi Bridge, this construction linking the two groups. Cooper altar outside the verdant and luxuriant, with around the altar, so that the main building even more solemn grand. Tan was also in principle the construction of clever use of acoustic echo Three rock sound, dialogue, such as stone, clearly showing that the ancient Chinese developed the level of the building process. Temple of Heaven is China's largest altar of the existing buildings. Is now open to the Temple of Heaven Park.







  Beijing 1949 liberation of the Temple of Heaven Park received a new lease on life. Municipal People's Government Line a great deal of gardening and clean-up project: the plains, roads, planting trees, the phrase it says Zaihua In particular, from the beginning of 1971, the park on the old buildings were planned, large-scale renovation of the finishing. One after another renovation of the Hall of Prayer for Harvest, the Imperial Vault and its veranda things, Huan Qiu left outside the wall. In order to further side Visitors, in 1975, and the northern gate of the building, and in 1977 opened a new door to the East, after building a double loop Pavilion Scenic Area, south gate opened (the door Zhao Heng). From 1979 to 1982, the studio palace complex also conduct a comprehensive maintenance. Zaisheng to the pavilion, Peter Tan promenade and the Imperial Valley Dry Hall also renovated. 986 years to begin to restore the original appearance of the display hall, in 1990 to welcome the 11th Asian Games held in Beijing, the ancient buildings also had red paint and painting. Over the past 40 years the Government to invest a total of 18,000,000 yuan, so that the Temple of Heaven to restore the original style and charm.



  Now, Garden Valley west of the altar of a pair of green trees, has been added to the number of sophisticated chic of the pavilion. North of the "double loop million Shouting" cross-section like the rings, two-Zhong Yan Ting Yuen-ting convergence by combining, sophisticated structure, the new model for China's rare wooden buildings. "Shouting million," the two wings, each with a small Fang Ting, FANG Sheng 000 booths. Between the pavilion to connect through the verandah. Verandah of the pavilion and Liang Fang, has painted landscapes, figures, flowers and the landscape of the West Lake. Shouting million to the south of Sector-building is a "Sector Pavilion", the top gray, Soviet-style paintings, exquisite small, unique (such as the construction of the original six-Hong Li Qian Long to his mother Shou built in Zhongnanhai, the scene in 1977 moved to the Temple of Heaven park for visitors to enjoy sightseeing). Shouting million in the southeast, also has a hexagonal pavilion Choi, who Hundred Flowers kiosk, and the Northwest million Shouting, FANG Sheng-Ting, Ting Sector relatively distant hope, embraced the overflow head. These kinds of architectural variety and state pavilions, constitute a group of Central Pavilion area. Today, the Temple of Heaven from the ancient altar of the temple architecture developed into a group of people to visit the capital of one of the largest parks.



  Temple of Heaven is the imperial Ming and Qing dynasties Heaven Garden Valley, it's a strict construction layout, the peculiar structure of the building, the magnificent architectural decoration in Chinese architectural history , The full glory of a record.
Temple of Heaven covers an area of the original 4095 acres for the existing 2775 acres, for our country's largest existing ancient architecture, the architecture of the most beautiful scene a temple complex, the world's precious architectural heritage. Some foreign friends to see China in Beijing, not really China, to Beijing to see the Temple of Heaven, is not really to Beijing. Said that the Great Wall and the Temple of Heaven, the official, is a very great works of art.



  There are two altar wall of the Temple of Heaven, to form inside and outside the altar, all round the north of the South. At first, in order to the world in the image of the wall, a symbol of "days to round "Said. Altar outside the walls of the North and the South East of the original three-no, only West Main Street in Yongding Men are faced with two doors: the north gate is the old Ming Dynasty," Altar Valley Garden Gate "; South Gate is the Qianlong 17 Year (1752) of the building, "Tan Huan Qiu door." Are two of the three-arch, green glazed tile Xie Shan Chien-top. Now Tan outside the North Gate and East Gate, all in 1975 after the building. There is an altar in the middle of the east-west wall, as it Huanqiu north wall of the altar. This wall in the axis of the two parts protruding into the arc to the north, bypassing the Imperial Vault and the East-West wall and inside the altar wall is connected to pray Valley, Huan Qiu two separated into two regional forums. Tan Huan Qiu bit of the South-North Garden Valley, both in the north-south central axis, in the middle by 360 meters long, 30 meters wide of the Shinto (Danbi Bridge) as a single unit. Tan Huan Qiu, the major construction has Huanqiu Taiwan (Taiwan Heaven), Imperial Vault (from the Temple, God and God Treasury kitchen, Zaisheng Pavilion), and so on; Garden Valley, the main altar inside the building are imperative in the door Great Hall of worship (Hall of Prayer for Harvest), East and West side hall in a palace, the Imperial Palace dry, the promenade (with Seven Star Stone), the kitchen god and the god library, Zaisheng kiosks.



  The main attractions: Whispering Gallery cypress nine vegetarian Danbi Bridge Hall of Prayer for Harvest Imperial Palace Hall of dry stone promenade Seven triphone Tan Huan Qiu Shi Huang Qiong Yu-ting double loop Whispering Gallery



  Whispering Gallery is outside the Imperial Vault of the wall. There was a positive circle with a diameter of 65.1 meters, 0.9 meters thick, smooth wall formation, if two things were standing on both sides of the wall, facing the North talking in a low voice, just listen to the phone as clear. It turned out that With a round face, the surface is very smooth, acoustic wavelength much smaller than the radius of the circle wall, acoustic wall along the bundle to have the rules in advance reflectance in a row, reached the other side of the station, they are able to hear this very clearly.



Nine cypress



  Nine West whispering gallery wall in Cypress, was born in Galerkin , Bajiubainian have elapsed since the history of Beijing is the oldest cypress tree.



Temple Chai



  Temple Chai is located in Tan Mennea West, an area of about 40,000 square meters, double wall, surrounded by walls Gallery 167, is the guardian of their shelter, in the main hall for the five non-Liang Hall Beijing is one of the famous building. At the top of the blue glazed tile coverage, said that in the days before the statue did not dare say. Dian Qian on the balcony with time fast and Beiting bronze booths, high 1.5-foot bronze statue, dressed in ancient Guan Fu Wen, holding a moment of "fast" in the bronze medal, is a legend, like the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty and Wei Zheng system (Dare to Wei Zheng Jian Said). After the five main hall is the palace for the emperor worship before Ramadan.



Danbi Bridge



  Danbi Bridge Road, also known as sea-man, is a north-south, the central axis of construction in series of broad Yonglu to build into Whitehead. Dan Bi northbound Garden Valley, even the altar, the south Tan Huan Qiu, the chief 60 meters, 29.4 meters wide, north south high-low. In the road "Shinto" left "Yu Dao" right "Wang" (Pei Chen path). Road under a voucher east-west hole, called into the portal offerings, ritual every time, knitting wool with yellow "offerings," Kun Hao, Sheng Basin fish, play music through the door and beat a drum, as a result of Cidong also called the gate of hell.



Hall of Prayer for Harvest



  Hall of Prayer for Harvest is a three-round steeple Zhong Yan hall. The main building is the Temple of Heaven, where emperors prayed Wugufengdeng. Basilica was built in 6-meter three-stage white marble stone, brick purely a diameter of 32 meters high 8 meters, white walls, red Temple, blue canopies, Golden Summit, is mere brick, the Hall of Prayer for Harvest's unique architecture, Dianding no longer purlin beams, 28 Phoebe entirely Juzhu Fang Jue 36 and up. The inner 4 "Longjing column," a symbol throughout the year. 12 Wai in "Kim" a symbol of twelve months a year; outer 12 "Yan Zhu," said the 12 hour a day, for a total of 20 columns, on behalf of the 28 stars in the sky. Caisson from the brackets and a two-story ceilings, golden dragon and phoenix in the middle for relief, sophisticated structure, your Furama.



Imperial Palace dry



  Imperial Palace is located in Garden Valley dry under the altar, In the North Hall, for a five temples, storage is "God Huangtian" tablets, also known as Chi-Tan palace, built in 17 years Jiajing (1538).



Seven Star Stone



  Seven stars in the stone corridor at the eastern end of the square, a stone 8. Legend of the Ming Dynasty capital Beijing would like to find a place Heaven, one night, opening the door to let days, the Big Dipper down to this, so here Sitian to build the Temple of Heaven. In fact, these stones is extremely common, the nine-year Ming Jiajing (1530), a Taoist priest said too open here is not conducive to the imperial throne and life, based on seven stone in the town here. Qing Dynasty In the northeast of stone-plus-one, that did not forget to ancestral home.



Promenade



  Seventy-two is also called the Promenade Gallery, the library is not only connected to God, the God of the kitchen, etc. link and is also the main gateway to the Hall of Prayer for Harvest Road. The gallery has 72, even 72, also known as the Housing. Seventy-two old legend is to Ghost gathering, Song Ying whirling out of the window, ghastly horror. Now Hom gallery windows were removed and become a beautiful and Huo Liang of the Corridor, visitors enjoy the cool air of a good place to rest.



Imperial Vault



  Imperial Vault is the place of God and Emperor Huang Tian on behalf of eight tablets of the ancestors of the land , Brick, beams hall did not entirely Yanzhu 8, Kim Joo-8 and a large number of brackets supporting the roof up, the clever use of mechanics. Three caisson ceilings, layers incorporated into the very characteristics for ancient
Construction of the few. Hall of blue glazed tile canopy cover, a canopy top gold-filled ding, is a Hall of the wall are circular mill Seam on the brick wall, from afar, just like a sapphire of the Golden Summit Jusan. Dianwai is well-known whispering gallery, three rock sound dialogue and stone.
Stone refers to the dialogue Imperial Vault connected before the first stone 18, from the piece of stone can be 36 meters apart and away from the northeast corner of the East or West side hall in a palace on the north-west corner of the side hall in a palace Dialogue, although not see each other, but the voices are clear, such as power and telephone.



Three rock sound



  Standing in front of the Imperial Vault of the first stone on a piece of hair out, you can clearly hear a response; stood second on the stone made out to have twice the response; In the third stone block, the three will be able to echo the sound, which is well-known "three rock sound." It turned out that the wall is now a circular, each from the stone walls around the distance range of voice to their different positions, they are able to hear a different frequency response.



Tan Huan Qiu
 
  Huanqiu altar in the Temple of Heaven , Is the Emperor of Heaven on the winter solstice, also known as the Temple of Heaven Festival. Diaoqi white marble for the three-round open-air units, side altar, the steeplechase, column for column Artemsia argyi Diaocheng Qingshi, 2, the foreign round the wall as a symbol of "Tianyuandefang." As the festival is the Temple of Heaven, the entire structure of Huanqiu is a clever use of mathematics, the altar area, level, Under the stone structures, have taken nine or a multiple of nine, that is, yang, a symbol for the day. Center circular stone altar, and called stone Tien-hsin, standing on the top or the issue of percussion sound of chanting, that is, around the echo effect, their own voice sounds a lot like Yihubaiying



Double-loop Pavilion



  Bicyclic Shouting Bicyclo million, also known as the original in Zhongnanhai, the Emperor Qianlong for his mother to celebrate the 50th birthday of the built Shouting, moved here in 1977.

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