What are the detailed strategies for visiting the Temple of Heaven in Beijing?

The scenic spots in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing are really too big. If you want to visit the Temple of Heaven, you need to do your homework in advance. I just went to the Temple of Heaven last spring and collected some raiders. I hope I can help you. Come and have a look ~

Temple of Heaven

Introduction of scenic spots

The Temple of Heaven is in the south of Beijing, to the east of Yongdingmennei Street in Dongcheng District. It is a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relic protection unit, a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction and a demonstration site of a national civilized scenic tourist area.

The Temple of Heaven is the floorboard of two altars, Qiuqiu and Gucci. It has double altar walls, forming an inner and outer altar. The altar wall is round in the south and round in the north, which symbolizes the round place. The main building is in the inner altar, the ball altar is in the south and the valley prayer altar is in the north. The two altars are on the same north-south axis, separated by a wall. The main buildings of the ball arena include the ball arena, the Imperial Palace, etc. The main buildings of the Valley Altar include the Hall of Praying for the Year, the Palace and the Gate of Praying for the Year.

Location of scenic spots: Tiantan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing 1

Tickets Adult Tickets 15 yuan/person

Suitable for tourist season, spring and autumn.

traffic route

Bus:

(1) times 7, 17, 20, 35, 36, 69, 7 1, 105, 106,1/kloc-0.

(2) Get off at the north gate of Tiantan Road 6, 34, 35, 36, 106,10, 687 and 707.

(3) Get off at the west gate of Tiantan Road 2, 20, 35, 69, 7 1, 504 and 826.

(4)36, 53, 120, 122, 525, 6 10/0,800, special 1 1, 814,958.

(5)6, 25, 34, 35, 36, 39, 4 1, 43, 60, 16, 525, 6 10, 684, 685, 687, 707, 727.

Subway:

Destination exit: southwest exit D.

Shift: 3 minutes for Line 2 and 3 minutes for Line 5.

How to get to the scenic spot after getting off: walk 490 meters along Qi Nian Street, turn right on the sidewalk and reach the end.

Recommended tourism projects

(1) Waqiutan

Waqiu altar is the place where the winter solstice ceremony is held. The main buildings are Waqiu, Imperial Dome and its annex, kitchen, Sanku and sacrificial pavilion, and the annex has tables and lanterns.

The number of stone slabs, baffles and steps on each floor of the dome table is odd nine or multiples of nine. For example, the slate on the desktop starts from the central pebble on the upper floor, the first circle is nine, and the second circle is 18, and the surrounding circles increase by multiples of nine in turn. The same is true of the number of white marble railings on each floor. Wood-burning stove is located in the southeast of Waiqiutan, facing north, cylindrical, with blue glazed bricks, and there are nine steps on the east, west and south sides. Firewood stoves are used to burn sacrifices (gods) in the right place during the winter solstice ceremony.

② Cereal prayer altar

The altar of praying for the valley is the place where Meng Chun holds the ceremony of praying for the valley. It was built in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (1420). The main buildings include the Hall for Praying for the New Year, the Palace, the East-West Annex Hall, the Gate for Praying for the New Year, the kitchen, the sacrificial pavilion and the promenade. Accessory buildings include internal and external walls, service platforms and single bridge. There are Tianmen in the southeast and northwest of the inner altar wall and prayer doors in the outer altar wall. The altar of the altar for praying for the valley is a circular building that integrates the altar and the temple, which was established according to the ancient saying that "His Highness worships the emperor". The altar has three floors, with a height of 5.6m, a lower diameter of 9 1 m, a middle diameter of 80m and an upper diameter of 68m. The main hall is circular, 38 meters high and 32.7 meters in diameter. It has three layers of blue glazed tiles, round eaves, pyramid-shaped roofs and gilded roofs.

(3) Danbi Bridge

Danbi Bridge is a tunnel connecting the South Brick Gate and its Nantianmen (Cheng Zhen Gate) of the altar for praying for the New Year, and it is also the axis connecting the altar for praying for the New Year and the Waqiu altar. It is 360 meters long and 30 meters wide. There are three stone slab roads on the single bridge, with Shinto Road, Dongyu Road and Xiwang Road in the middle, high in the north and low in the south, 4 meters high at the north end and 1 meter at the south end. The northbound road makes people climb up step by step, as if facing heaven.

(4) Seventy-two rooms

There are 72 corridors on the east side of the Hall of Prayer for the New Year, which is an affiliated building of the Guqi Temple. It is a greenhouse with eaves and ridges, with large doors and windows in the north and south, commonly known as "72 rooms". In the north of the central part of the promenade, there are five "god libraries", which are warehouses for collecting sacrificial supplies. To the west of the "Shenku" is the "Shenchu", where offerings and cakes are made when offering sacrifices to heaven. There are 72 kitchens, treasury, sacrificial pavilions and sacrificial pavilions in the valley prayer altar, which are connected with the valley prayer altar through a long corridor. The corridor from the East Brick Gate to the Northeast Sacrificial Pavilion is rectangular, corresponding to the size of 36 pillars of the Hall of Prayer for the New Year, symbolizing 72 earth demons.

Tour route (recommended three ways)

(1) North Gate Park

Huang Gan Hall-Hall for Praying for the New Year (you can visit the God Chef, the Promenade and the Sacrificial Pavilion by the way)-Danbi Bridge-Jiulongbai-Royal Hall-Echo Wall-Mouqiu-Shenle Department-Zhaigong-Bell Tower-Rose Garden-Baihua Garden-West Gate (out of the garden)

(2) East Gate Admission

Sacrificial Pavilion-Chef-Huanggan Hall-Hall of Prayer for the New Year-Danbi Bridge-Royal Dome-Echo Wall-Mouqiu-Shenleshu-Zhaigong-Baihua Garden-Rose Garden-West Gate (Outside the Garden)

(3) South Gate/West Gate Entrance

When you enter the South Gate/West Gate, you can follow the above two routes in reverse order. Of course, you can also adjust the arrangement according to your own preferences ~