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Image:Temple_of_Heaven.jpg The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven (Traditional Chinese: 天壇; Simplified Chinese: 天坛; Pinyin: Tiān T?n) is situated in south eastern urban Beijing, in Xuanwu District, Beijing|Xuanwu District. Construction of the Temple began in 1420, and was thereafter visited by all subsequent Emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Temple grounds covers 2.73 km² of parkland, and comprises three main groups of constructions, all built according to strict philosophical requirements:
In ancient China, the Emperor of China|emperor was regarded as the "Son of Heaven", who administered earthly matters on behalf of, and representing, heavenly authority. To be seen to be showing respect to the source of his authority, in the form of sacrifices to heaven, was extremely important. The temple was built for these ceremonies, mostly comprised of prayers for good harvests. Each winter solstice the Emperor and all his retinue would move through the city to encamp within the complex, wearing special robes and abstaining from eating meat; there the Emperor would personally pray to Heaven for good harvests. The ceremony had to be perfectly completed; it was widely held that the smallest of mistakes would constitute a bad omen for the whole nation in the coming year. The Temple of Heaven is the grandest of the four great temples located in Beijing. The other prominent temples include The Temple of Sun in the east (日坛), The Temple of Earth in the north (地坛), and The Temple of Moon in the west (月坛). The Temple of Heaven was registered on the UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1998.
Category:World Heritage Sites in China Category:Beijing ja:天壇zh:天坛 This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "The Temple of Heaven".
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