Imperial complex of religious buildings in Beijing, China
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Temple of Heaven
Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the largest building in the Temple of Heaven
Location
Dongcheng, Beijing, China
Coordinates
39°52′56″N116°24′24″E / 39.8822°N 116.4066°E / 39.8822; 116.4066 (Temple of Heaven)
Built
1406–1420 (Ming dynasty)
Website
tiantanpark.com
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
Type
Cultural
Criteria
i, ii, iii
Designated
1998 (22nd session)
Reference no.
881
Region
Asia-Pacific
Location of Temple of Heaven in Beijing
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Temple of Heaven (China)
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Temple of Heaven
"Temple of Heaven" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese
天坛
Traditional Chinese
天壇
Literal meaning
"Altar of Heaven" Araceli
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Tiāntán
IPA
[tʰjɛ́ntʰǎn]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Tīn-tàahn
Jyutping
Tin1-taan4
Southern Min
Tâi-lô
Thinn-tuânn
The Temple of Heaven (simplified Chinese: 天坛; traditional Chinese: 天壇; pinyin: Tiāntán) is a complex of imperial religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for a good harvest. The Temple of Heaven was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1998 and was described as "a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world's great civilizations..." as the "symbolic layout and design of the Temple of Heaven had a profound influence on architecture and planning in the Far East over many centuries."[1]
^"Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing - UNESCO World Heritage Centre". Whc.unesco.org. 1998-12-02. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
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