Temple of Heaven — The Sacred Heart of Imperial China
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Temple of Heaven — The Sacred Heart of Imperial China

Temple of Heaven (天坛 — Tiāntán — UNESCO World Heritage since 1998, in the Chongwen district of southern Beijing — the complex of religious buildings where the Ming and Qing emperors conducted the state ceremonies of Heaven worship from 1420 to 1914): the complex (covering 273 hectares, the largest surviving imperial altar complex in China) includes the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests (祈年殿 — the circular triple-eaved hall on a three-tiered marble platform, built without a single nail, the blue roof tiles representing Heaven — the most photographed building in Beijing other than the Forbidden City) and the Circular Mound Altar (圜丘坛 — the open-air white marble three-tiered circular altar where the emperor performed the Heaven sacrifice).

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