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英文介绍：北京天坛TempleofHeaven

TempleofHeaven

天坛

TempleofHeavenislocatedinthesoutheastofBeijingand

ofHeavenwasbuilt

foremperorsofMingdynasties(1368-1644AD)andQing

dynasties(1644-1912AD)of

Heaveisthelargestandbest-prervedarchitecturalcomplex

forsacrificeinChina.

Occupyinganareaof2,720,000squaremeters,theTempleof

re

twolayersofwallsaroundtheTemple,dividingitintotwo

parts：theinnerenclosureandouterenclosure.

ThemainbuildingsoftheTempleincludeHallofPrayerfor

GoodHarvests,ImperialHeavenlyVaultandCircularMound

Altar.

lofPrayerforGoodHarvesthasthreeconcentric

circlesofmassivewoodcolumnssymbolizingthefourasons,

12monthsand12dailyhours.

erialVaultofHeavenisasmallercircular

buildingconstructedwithoutcrossbeams;itsdomeis

supportedbycomplicatedspanwork.

cularMoundAltarisatriple-tieredwhitestone

terraceenclodbytwotsofwallsthataresquareoutside

androundinside,whicharesymbolicofthesquareearthand

roundheaven.

EmperorsofMingandQingdynastiesheldtheirceremoniesto

worshiptheheavenintheCircularMoundAltaronwinter

oretheCircularMoundAltaralsocalled

"HeavenWorshipAltar".

ThewholeconstructionoftheTempleofHeavenismadeby

woodsoitisthearchitecturalmasterpieceofwood

rmarvelousandmagnificentspot

ofthetempleisEchoWall(回音壁).

WhenstandinginthecenteroftheCircularMoundAltar(圆丘

坛),youcanhearthebrightsoundwhichemstocomefrom

theearth'scoreandsometimesfromthesky.

ThedesignideologyoftheTempleofHeavenmanifestsbroad

heaspectofdistributionofbuilding,

theinnerenclosureissituatedontheeastofnorth-south

axisofouterenclosure;theCircularMoundAltarandHallof

PrayerforGoodHarvestsislocatedontheeastoftheaxis

youtmakesthewestpartof

theTemplewider.

Asthelargestbuildingcomplexforworshipingheaveninthe

world,theTempleofHeavenwasinscribedonthelistofthe

WorldCulturalHeritagein1998.