The North Entrance

Temple of Heaven Park

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July 19th 2008
Following the tour of tiananmen square, the forbidden city, and jingshan park, we headed south to the Temple of Heaven Park, or 天坛公园. We tried to take bus 814 directly there, but it never showed up so we just took a taxi. A little background: Temple of heaven park is a paragon of Ming design, the main hall has come to symbolize Beijing. The temple originally served as a vast stage for sole ... 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