Temple of Heaven in south Beijing, was built in Ming Dynasty Yongle eighteen years (1420), is the Ming and Qing emperors worship the god of heaven and earth where good harvest and pray. November 1998, the "World Heritage List."

Temple of 1,700 meters from east to west, 1,600 meters from north to south, with a total area of 273 square meters. Garden Valley, including the Temple of Heaven and Circular Mound Altar second, two points inside and outside the wall, was back to shape. Circular arc of the north wall to the south wall and things intersect at right angles to the wall for the square. The Southern North circle, known as "Heaven and Earth Wall", a symbol of the ancient "hemispherical dome," said. Outside the ForumWall, east, south and north were no doors, only two doors west of repair - Garden Valley Circular Mound Altar altar doors and gates (also known as the Temple of Heaven Gate). The walls around the altar there are east, south, west, north four days door. Built the altar and the altar Itsuki, and what a cross wall, south Circular Mound Altar, the North Valley altar praying.

Qi Niandian in the Temple of Heaven is a magnificent but highly distinctive national style buildings, three gilt ding tip save out of the round canopy-style roof, covered with a symbol of "days" of blue glazed tiles, layers of upward contraction. Eaves painted wooden structures and seal, located in the white marble base, from afar, strong color contrastStrong and harmonious, unified and varied shapes up and down.

Three-tone Stone:Imperial Vault of Heaven Hall of the door is a large rectangular stone-paved by a lane of clanking drums, standing stone passage to the third board, spacious open doors of the house, and all the house windows closed, so that the center doors of the house to the hall no obstructions between the shrine and then face the doors of the house talking to can hear a very loud echo three times, and standing Dianwai can be heard anywhere. As this sound is dedicated to "heaven of God," the building came to her, and the great echo, hence the "personBetween the dual language, hear if the days of Ray, "said.

Whispering gallerywalls of the Imperial Vault of Heaven. Wall, 3.72 meters high, 0.9 m thick, 61.5 meters in diameter, circumference 193.2 meters. The wall is built of brick mill on the joints, walls covered with blue glazed tiles. Curvature of the wall are the rules, the wall is extremely smooth and tidy, the refraction of sound waves is very regular. As long as two people were standing east and west side hall, the wall-standing, a person speaking north against the wall, the sound wave will be reflected straight ahead along the wall, spread to one or two meters of the otherEnd, no matter how small voices, you can clearly hear the other party, and the sound of long, called Trolltech, people create a "Heaven and Man" in the mysterious atmosphere.

Qi Niandian the northern part of the Temple of Heaven, also known as Mr Gu altar, is the Temple of the earliest buildings. Guangxu fifteen years (1889) was destroyed by thunderbolt, a few years later as is reconstruction. Qi Niandian current diameter of 32.72 m is a round building, gilt three-Zhong Yan Cuanjian Ding ding blue tiles, layers incorporated into the total38 meters high. Qi Niandian seat is round the house of Garden Valley altar, three 6 m high, towering momentum. There is a heavy week low wall altar, located southeast of burnt wood stove, bury Hom, Liao furnace and a service station. Wong dry north temple altar, Miankuo five, the original license placed ancestor, and later moved to the Imperial Ancestral Temple tablets. Forum on the door side as well pray, God library, kitchen god, slaughter pavilion, walking path and promenade and other ancillary offerings buildings. Corridor south of the Seven Stars on the square stone, stone town is placed Jiajingnianjian.

Beijing Temple of Heaven is the world';s largest architectural complex of ancient worship of heaven, and its strict building layout, strangeBuilding structure, magnificent architectural features, is considered to be a group of the finest extant, the most beautiful ancient buildings. Temple of Heaven Tour Map