The Temple of Heaven Park. The retired people gather here for tai chi, dancing, making music, and in this case playing with ribbons.
Whoops! I should have rotated this before uploading it! Tip to the right to see the place where the emperor would go to pray for a good harvest. I between the stairs were reliefs of dragons and phoenixes. Gorgeous.
A peek inside. It's hard to see through the crowds.
I missed part of our guide's description because of all the noise. After fasting and praying for a good harvest in the wintertime, I think the emperor went to this end in the summertime and they made animal sacrifices to the gods. This huge dais has three tiers. In the center of the top tier is a disc. If you stand here and whisper (when there aren't a bunch of people making noise) you can be heard at the other end of the complex. Cool.
The view from the top. The Chinese use a lot of gates. Beijing is gated, the Forbidden City is gated, neighborhoods have gates, houses have gates, temples have gates. You're never quite sure if you are in or out...
The Temple of Heaven Park. The retired people gather here for tai chi, dancing, making music, and in this case playing with ribbons.
Whoops! I should have rotated this before uploading it! Tip to the right to see the place where the emperor would go to pray for a good harvest. I between the stairs were reliefs of dragons and phoenixes. Gorgeous.
A peek inside. It's hard to see through the crowds.
I missed part of our guide's description because of all the noise. After fasting and praying for a good harvest in the wintertime, I think the emperor went to this end in the summertime and they made animal sacrifices to the gods. This huge dais has three tiers. In the center of the top tier is a disc. If you stand here and whisper (when there aren't a bunch of people making noise) you can be heard at the other end of the complex. Cool.
The view from the top. The Chinese use a lot of gates. Beijing is gated, the Forbidden City is gated, neighborhoods have gates, houses have gates, temples have gates. You're never quite sure if you are in or out...
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