What kind of building is the Temple of Heaven in Beijing?

Beijing Tiantan is the largest temple building in China.

Tiantan Park is the place where the emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties prayed to heaven and prayed for a bumper harvest every year. The Temple of Heaven is famous for its rigorous architectural layout, peculiar architectural structure and magnificent architectural decoration. The total area is about 2.7 million square meters, which is divided into inner altar and outer altar. The main buildings are in the inner altar, with the altar and the royal dome in the south, and the Hall of Praying for the New Year and the Hall of the Dry Emperor in the north. The two groups of buildings are connected by a tunnel running through the north and south-a single bridge.

The outer altar is lush with cypresses and surrounds the inner altar, which makes the main buildings look more solemn and magnificent. There are also echo walls, three-tone stones, dialogue stones and so on. The altar was skillfully built by using acoustic principles, which fully demonstrated the developed level of ancient architectural technology in China. Tiantan Park is the largest existing altar complex in China.

Modern Protection of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing

1949 after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the government invested a lot of money to protect and maintain the cultural relics of the Temple of Heaven. In order to make the ancient Temple of Heaven more magnificent, many repairs and large-scale greening were carried out. The park covers an area of 200 hectares and has a door on each side. There are more than 2,500 Cooper trees in the park that are more than 200 years old. Many flowers are also planted in the Baihua Garden.

196 1 year, the State Council announced the Temple of Heaven as "National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit". 1998 was recognized as a "world cultural heritage" by UNESCO. On May 8, 2007, Tiantan Park was officially approved by the National Tourism Administration as a national 5A-level tourist attraction.

2065438+July, 2008 12, Gao Li, director of Tiantan Park, introduced that Tiantan Park will increase the green area by nearly 20,000 square meters and expand the area open to tourists by 2.24 hectares.

Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-Beijing Temple of Heaven