Description
The Temple of Heaven tour: The Temple of Heaven is a public park, which has traditional Chinese architecture in the center of the park, it was built in 1420, it is one of the world cultural heritages in Beijing. The Temple of Heaven covers area of 273 hectares and consists 2 parts, park area with numerous old trees and grass land, there are many local people come here to do morning excersize every day, there are many different groups to do different sport upon their own will, you can see people doing jogging, Taichi, dancing, gymnastics, and many other kinds sports….
Apart from the park area, also there is a group traditional Chinese architecture, is surrounded by the park. the build used to be the place to worship the God of Heaven by emperors, there were altogether 24 emperors came here to do worshipping ceromernies during Ming and Qing dynasties, they came here twice a year. Now days no ceremoneries held here, just a public park and tourists attraction. ( need 1-2 hours to visit the Temple of Heaven)