The Temple of Heaven is located at the southern end of Beijing, a place where the Ming and Qing emperors worshipped the gods of heaven and earth and prayed for a good harvest. Its rigorous architectural layout, peculiar architectural structure and magnificent architectural decorations are regarded as a group of the most exquisite and beautiful ancient architectural complexes existing in China, and the Temple of Heaven is not only the pearl of China's ancient architecture, but also a treasure in the world's architectural history.
The Hall of Prayer for the Year of the Dragon is a magnificent and very unique building of national style, the gilt roof of the three eaves of the rounded pointed roof, covered with blue glazed tiles to symbolize the "sky", layer by layer upward contraction of the wooden structure under the eaves with the seal of the colorful, situated on the alabaster stone pedestal, from afar, the color contrast is strong and harmonious, the upper and lower shapes are unified and rich in change. The upper and lower shapes are unified and rich in variations.
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Prayer Hall east of the inner wall outside the east gate, there are 72 corridors, is the Prayer Valley Temple annex. For the eaves through the ridge of one side of the warm room, the north side of the brick south side of the installation of large windows and doors, commonly known as the "seventy-two even room". Corridor in the middle of the north, there are five "God library", is the collection of sacrificial supplies of the Treasury. "On the west side of the shrine is the "Divine Kitchen," where food and pastries are made during the heavenly rituals.
Praying for the Valley of the Divine Kitchen, the Divine Treasury and Zaijia Pavilion and pray for the Valley of the Pavilion connected by the gallery, the gallery from the east brick door to the northeast of the Zaijia Pavilion in a zigzag shape, *** 72, and the Hall of Prayer for the size of 36 pillars corresponds to symbolize the seventy-two earth.
Prayer Hall west cypress forest west, is the largest piece of Beijing city lilac forest, covers an area of 6300 square meters, planted with lilac 240 bushes, the age of nearly 50 years, in Beijing city has been very rare. Temple of Heaven chrysanthemums with more varieties, high maintenance level is famous, the famous "RuiXueJianNian", "DanHaiGinLion" and so on.