The Temple of Heaven in China
Greetings to my favorite Steem-Travelers community. It's been a while since I've written about travel. Today I want to tell you about an amazing place in China called the Temple of Heaven.
This is not just a temple, but a whole complex with a huge territory.
One part of it symbolizes the sky and it is semicircular, the second part is a symbol of the Earth and it is square. The temple is old, it was built in 1420.
The building which you see in the photo is called the Harvest Temple. From year to year, people asked for fertility and a good harvest.
It was a sacred ritual that only emperors were allowed to perform, because the emperor was the link between heaven and Earth.
Ordinary people could not enter this temple, but now there are lots of people in the temple.
A wall is built around the temple. It is built on a special technology: all the words that you pronounce here are very clearly audible even at a long distance and that is why this place is called the Talking wall.
Since I am engaged in music it was especially interesting for me to see a building called the Council of Heavenly Music.
Temple music was taught here, and now there is an exhibition of ancient Chinese instruments in this building, but unfortunately it was not allowed to take pictures there.
In general, on my arrival in Beijing it was very hot, about 40 degrees Celsius and it was not very comfortable to move around the huge territory of the complex.
Many tourists even preferred to stay in a hotel, but it was very interesting for me to get acquainted with Chinese culture. It is so unusual, so even the sweltering heat did not prevent me from admiring this beautiful complex.
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beautiful places!
Thank you! Yes, they are:)
Visiting the temples in Thailand is always a big adventure for me. Some of the architecture is just so amazing
Yes, you are right about amazing architecture! Eastern temples look like magic
It's an interesting place with a lot of history, but a bit uncomfortable at 40°C. This temple is quite old but well preserved, it also has an acoustic technology that I would not have suspected. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I hope I have the fortune to go to that place one day, perhaps with less heat. Greetings and have a happy day.
Thank you for your nice comment! 🙂
How beautiful, the temple of heaven, the park is beautiful and very large, I got lost in that place, I went to visit in 2019, what beautiful memories, thank you.
you are right. beautiful and very unusual! thank you!
Oh, that is the same place. Nice photo!