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  TheTempleofHeaven,literallytheAltarofHeaven(TraditionalChinese:天坛;SimplifiedChinese:天坛;pinyin:TiānTán)isacomplexofTaoistbuildingssituatedinsoutheasternurbanBeijing,inXuanwuDistrict.Constructionofthecomplexbeganin1420,andwasthereaftervisitedbyallsubsequentEmperorsoftheMingandQingdynasties.ItisregardedasaTaoisttemple,althoughtheworshipofHeaven,especiallybythereigningmonarchoftheday,pre-datesTaoism.

  TheTemplegroundscovers2.73km²ofparkland,andcomprisesthreemaingroupsofconstructions,allbuiltaccordingtostrictphilosophicalrequirements:

  TheEarthlyMount(圜丘坛)isthealtarproper.Itisanemptyplatformonthreelevelsofmarblestones,wheretheEmperorprayedforfavourableweather;

  TheHouseofHeavenlyLord(皇穹宇),asingle-gabledcircularbuilding,builtonasinglelevelofmarblestonebase,wherethealtarswerehousedwhennotinuse;

  TheHallofAnnualPrayer(祈年殿),amagnificenttriple-gabledcircularbuilding,builtonthreelevelsofmarblestonebase,wheretheEmperorprayedforgoodharvests.

  InancientChina,theEmperorofChinawasregardedasthe"SonofHeaven",whoadministeredearthlymattersonbehalfof,andrepresenting,heavenlyauthority.Tobeseentobeshowingrespecttothesourceofhisauthority,intheformofsacrificestoheaven,wasextremelyimportant.Thetemplewasbuiltfortheseceremonies,mostlycomprisedofprayersforgoodharvests.

  EachwintersolsticetheEmperorandallhisretinuewouldmovethroughthecitytoencampwithinthecomplex,wearingspecialrobesandabstainingfromeatingmeat;theretheEmperorwouldpersonallypraytoHeavenforgoodharvests.Theceremonyhadtobeperfectlycompleted;itwaswidelyheldthatthesmallestofmistakeswouldconstituteabadomenforthewholenationinthecomingyear.

  InsidetheHallofAnnualPrayer.TheTempleofHeavenisthegrandestofthefourgreattempleslocatedinBeijing.TheotherprominenttemplesincludetheTempleofSunintheeast(日坛),theTempleofEarthinthenorth(地坛),andtheTempleofMooninthewest(月坛).

  AccordingtoXinhua,inearly2005,theTempleofHeavenunderwenta47millionyuan(5.9millionUSD)face-liftinpreparationforthe2008BeijingSummerOlympicsandtherestorationwascompletedonMay1st,2006.

  TheTempleofHeavenwasregisteredontheUNESCOWorldHeritageListin1998.这个可否?

2020-02-10 09:28:19

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