The Hall of Prayer For Good Harvests From anEntrance Gate

The Temple of Heaven Park seems a bit uninviting at the entrance and you don't quite know what you're in for. But once inside the magnificence of Ming China is on display. Here we are standing in a gate with the Hall of Prayers For Good Harvests in the background.

The Temple of Heaven Park

October 1st 2007
The Temple of Heaven (Tian Tan) in Beijing covers about 3 000 000 square metres. It is a bigger area than the Forbidden City. The Temple was built in 1420 A.D. during the Ming Dynasty to offer sacrifices to Heaven (not human I think!!), which is the same time as the construction of the Forbidden City. The Temple of Heaven is enclosed with a long wall. The northern part within the wall is semicir ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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