Temple of Heaven, south of Beijing, east of Yongdingmennei Street, Dongcheng District. Covers an area of 2.73 million square meters. The Temple of Heaven was founded in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420) and rebuilt during the Qianlong and Guangxu periods. It is a place where emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties offered sacrifices to the emperor and prayed for a bumper harvest of grain. It is the floorboard of two altars in the Temple of Heaven, Qiuqiu and Gucci. There are two altars and walls forming an inner altar and an outer altar. The altar wall is round in the south and round in the north, symbolizing the land of heaven and earth. It is mainly built in the inner altar, with the ball court in the south and the Gucci altar in the north. The two altars are on the same north-south axis, separated by a wall. The main buildings of the ball field include the ball field and the Imperial Dome. The main buildings of the Hall of Prayer for the New Year include the Hall of Prayer for the New Year, Huanggan Hall and the Gate of Prayer for the New Year.
Introduction of Temple of Heaven
The Temple of Heaven is a special altar for the Ming and Qing emperors to pray for rain and harvest. It is a famous ancient building in China. The altar is round in the north and round in the south, which means "the land with a round sky". The whole Temple of Heaven is divided into two parts: the inner altar and the outer altar. Well-known buildings such as the Hall of Prayer for the New Year and the Echo Wall are located in the inner altar.
From 0 10 to 10 10, the inner altar is divided into north and south by the palace wall, and the northern part is the "Valley Prayer Altar", which is the place where the emperor holds a blessing ceremony in spring to pray for good weather and abundant crops. The main buildings are the Hall of Prayer for the New Year, the Palace, the East-West Annex Hall, the Gate of Prayer for the New Year, the Chef, the Butcher Pavilion and the 72-long corridor.
To the south is the "Qiu Er Altar", an open-air three-story circular stone altar. The emperor offered sacrifices to heaven on the solstice of winter. Its main buildings include the Qiu Er Altar, the Royal Vault and its annex hall, the sacred kitchen, three warehouses and slaughter rooms.
The two altars are connected by a brick platform 360 meters long, 28 meters wide and 2.5 meters high. They are called Shinto, Hailu Avenue and Shanbi Bridge, symbolizing the long road to heaven.
0 10- 10 10 Visiting the Temple of Heaven, you can not only enjoy the exquisite architecture of various temples, but also pursue the grand occasion of ancient emperors' offering sacrifices to heaven. In addition, ingenious designs such as echo wall and Yin Sanshi also make people sigh the wisdom of the ancients.
On the stone road from the front of the palace to the middle of the gate, the three stone slabs from north to south are called Yin Sanshi. When the doors and windows of the imperial vault are closed and there are no obstacles nearby, standing on the first slate and clapping your hands can hear an echo; High-five on the second slate, you can hear two echoes; High-five on the third slate and you can hear three echoes.
Regional overview
A simple visit may always have no specific concept of the sacrificial ceremonies of ancient emperors. It doesn't matter. Located in the west wing of the Hall of Prayer for the Good Year, this paper introduces in detail the evolution of sacrificial ceremonies in China, focusing on the sacrificial ceremonies in the Qing Dynasty, including various sacrificial instruments and procedures. Among them, Handicrafts in the 13th Year of Qing Qianlong displayed the highest etiquette characteristics of China royal family for the first time, which was particularly wonderful and should not be missed.
Editor: Flying Fish