The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven.
The Temple of Heaven is a series of buildings that were built in the 15th century. They represent some of the finest ancient Chinese architectural works still in existence today. Spiritually, the buildings represent the special relationships between heaven and earth. The Prayer Hall for Good Harvests is a magnificent triple-gabled circular shaped building. It is believed that 12 million people visit the Temple of Heaven per year. The Temple of Heaven is a very popular park for exercising.
ThePrayer Hall for Good Harvests has four inner and twelve middle, twelve outer pillars,which represents the four seasons and twelve months, twelve traditional hours of Chinese respectively
The Seven-Star Stone Group and east of the Prayer Hall for Good Harvest, which represents the seven peaks of Taishan Mountain and a place of Heaven worship in Traditional China.
he whole temple complex is surrounded by two walls; the outer one has a taller and semi-circular northern end, representing Heaven, and a shorter, rectangular shaped south end, which represents the Earth. The Imperial Vault is attached to the Prayer Hall by the Vermilion Steps Bridge, a 360 meter length raised way that slowly increases from the Vault to the Prayer Hall.
