temple of heaven - China Travel

introduce

The Temple of Heaven is a special altar for the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties to worship the sky, pray for rain and pray for a good harvest. It is a famous ancient building in the country. The area of the altar is circular in the north and square in the south, implying "the sky is round and the place is round". The entire Temple of Heaven is divided into two parts: the inner altar and the outer altar.

Regional Quick Facts

The inner altar is divided into two parts by the palace wall, the north and the south. The north is the "Prayer for Grain Altar". Gate, Divine Kitchen, Sacrifice Pavilion, Seventy-two Corridor, etc.

In the south is the "Circular Mound Altar", which is an open-air three-story circular stone altar. It is the place where the emperor worships heaven on the winter solstice. .

Connecting the two altars is a masonry platform with a length of 360 meters, a width of 28 meters and a height of 2.5 meters. long road.

The exquisite design of the three-tone stone

When visiting the Temple of Heaven, in addition to admiring the exquisite architecture of the various halls and following the grand scenes of ancient emperors offering sacrifices to heaven, the ingenious designs such as the Echo Wall and the Three-tone Stone also make people marvel at the wisdom of the ancients.

On the stone road from the front of the Emperor's Vault of Heaven to the middle of the gate, the three stone slabs from north to south are called Sanyin stones. When the doors and windows of the Imperial Vault of Heaven are closed and there are no obstacles nearby, if you stand on the first stone slab and clap your hands, you will hear a single echo; Clap your hands, and you can hear three echoes.

Learn about the culture of worshiping heaven

A simple visit may not always have a specific concept of the ancient emperor's ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven. It doesn't matter, the Etiquette Hall of Worshiping Heaven, located in the West Side Hall of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, introduces the evolution process of Chinese rituals for worshiping heaven in detail, focusing on the etiquette of the ceremony of worshiping heaven in Qing Dynasty, including various ritual vessels and procedures for worshiping heaven, etc. Among them, "Picture of the Thirteenth Year of Emperor Qianlong in Qing Dynasty" shows the style and appearance of the Chinese royal guard of honor for the first time, which is especially wonderful and should not be missed.

The Jitian Music and Dance Hall located in the East Side Hall of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests uses chime bells, chime chimes and other musical instruments of Zhonghe Shaoyue in the Qing Dynasty, combined with text and pictures, to comprehensively introduce the history, music and dance system, management organization and The music scene during the praying valley ceremony enables visitors to have an intuitive and comprehensive understanding of the music and dance for offering sacrifices to heaven.

opening hours

April 1st-October 31st 06:00-22:00 (stop ticket sales at 20:00, last entry at 21:00); November 1st-March 31st of the following year 06:30-22:00 (Ticket sales stop at 20:00, and the latest entry to the park is at 21:00); joint ticket sales time: peak season 8:00-16:00 off-season 8:00-15:30

Preferential treatment policy

child:Minors under the age of 18 (excluding) with valid certificates, free of charge

elder:Seniors over 60 years old (included) are free of charge with senior citizens' preferential treatment card or relevant certificates

student:Full-time undergraduate and below degree students with valid certificates and discount tickets

the disabled:Free for people with disabilities

soldier:Soldiers or armed police officers and soldiers (including retired and disabled soldiers) with valid certificates, free of charge

disabled soldier:Free of charge for disabled soldiers holding revolutionary disabled soldier certificates

Low-income people:Those who hold a social security payment certificate, discount tickets

Service Facilities

PARKING LOT:[Parking lot at East Gate of Temple of Heaven, Parking lot at South Gate of Temple of Heaven, Parking lot at West Gate of Temple of Heaven] Reference price: Fee

Scenic spot explanation:The scenic spot provides team tour guides in Chinese and English, located at the south gate of the park. 100 yuan for less than 5 people in Chinese; 200 yuan for more than 5 people in Chinese; Need to book two days in advance.

Explainer rental:Reference price: Chinese: deposit 100 yuan, returned to tourists when returning the machine; machine rental 10 yuan. Other languages: a deposit of 100 yuan, which will be returned to tourists when the machine is returned; machine rental is 40 yuan. ;Address: Four Gate District

stroller rental:Reference price: Free with ID card, deposit is required on site; Address: Tourist Service Center

bathroom:There are restrooms in the scenic area, distributed in many places in the park

Infant room:Address: There is a separate mother and baby room in the Temple of Heaven

must see tips

1. Tours generally enter from the south gate and exit from the north gate (or east gate). You can leave after visiting Circular Mound, Huangqiongyu, Danbi Bridge, Zhai Palace, Shenyue Department, Prayer Hall and Huanggan Hall in turn.

2. There is a free Chinese explanation every 20 minutes in each hall of the Temple of Heaven; if you want to know more about it, you can rent an explanation device at the entrance of the four gates, or you can make an appointment for a tour guide (two days in advance, call 010-67028866 for appointment).

M23****281

If you don’t ask for an explanation, you will only think it’s a park. Teacher Chen really spoke very vividly and interestingly. There are many details, history, culture, and historical deeds, and he is very serious and responsible. The Temple of Heaven is really worth visiting, and the history that has been preserved after suffering cultural relics

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老鹰在飞翔

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the government invested a lot of money in the protection and maintenance of the cultural relics and historic sites of the Temple of Heaven. Many repairs and large-scale greening have been carried out to make the ancient Temple of Heaven more magnificent. The park covers an area of 200 hectares, with gates on each side. There are more than 2,500 ancient cypresses over 200 years old in the garden. There are also hundreds of flowers planted in the garden.

果汁分你一半✔

The landscape lighting of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is hard to come by. Every week, the lights are only lit after dark on Friday and Saturday. Finally, I have time to visit the park tonight. There are so many people taking pictures of the night view of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests! I followed the trend and took a few pictures~ My favorite seat is the west entrance of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, but it is also the place with the most people. There is no railing on the side of the steps, which is slightly dangerous. Added a camera map, which is the west gate of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the gate with a high step~ the north gate is the closest to it. In fact, it is quite easy to find. The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is super obvious after turning on the lights. No matter which door you enter, you can find it. Just walk along the past. There are many people at every photo spot, so you are definitely not afraid to find it~ If you want to take more comprehensive photos , or take pictures of the railings, you can go up a small slope on the right side of the Huanggan Hall, and hold a selfie stick at the position of the Guxi Gate to take pictures. If the camera can even take wide-angle shots without pressure.

134****8621

Teacher Chen’s explanations are humorous and interesting. If you don’t listen to the explanations when you come to the Temple of Heaven, you may miss a lot of wonderful moments; there are three of us in a group, and I take the elderly and children with me. Help us push the baby stroller, the children are a little noisy in the second half, Mr. Chen is very patient to help coax the children, and take care of us very much. Although we are bringing the elderly and children, we will not feel tired at all when we walk down with Mr. Chen. It was a pleasant trip Traveling, especially thanks to the careful teacher Chen ~ sharing a few photos I took ~

_WeCh****480063

Communicate the itinerary with Director Liu the night before the trip, because we mainly want to understand the history and stories of the Temple of Heaven, so as to facilitate the preparation of subsequent activities. After understanding the needs, Director Liu was very responsible, told many small stories that could not be found, and basically answered every question. Because many points are being overhauled, we are the classic route, the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the Emperor’s Vault of Heaven, and the Circular Mound~ Hurry up and sort out the information while it’s hot

M44****038

This is the third time I came to the Temple of Heaven. The first two times were many years ago. At that time, I was young and shy, so I didn't find a guide, so I felt that I came twice for nothing. This time I invited a tour guide (WeChat name: Xiaohuan), she is very professional, explains in detail, is very patient and enthusiastic. great!