Temple of Heaven
The Temple of Heaven () is a complex of imperial religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for a good harvest. The Temple of Heaven was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1998 and was described as "a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world's great civilizations..." as the "symbolic layout and design of the Temple of Heaven had a profound influence on architecture and planning in the Far East over many centuries." Provided by Wikipedia
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9by Maizatul Izzah Mohd-Shamsudin, Yi Kang, Zhao Lili, Tian Tian Tan, Qi Bin Kwong, Hang Liu, Guojie Zhang, Rofina Yasmin Othman, Subha BhassuGet full text
Published 2013-01-01
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