What is the Ditan for?

Ditan park is the place where emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties offered sacrifices to the "Emperor God". There are many ancient buildings in the park during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well as places and objects for sacrifice. You can come here to learn about the sacrificial process. Besides, ditan park has a beautiful environment. Every year from 10 to 1 1, the ginkgo leaves in the park cover the sun, which is very suitable for taking pictures. The Ditan in Beijing corresponds to the Temple of Heaven, because the ancients said that the Temple of Heaven was built in the south and the Ditan was built in the north. The buildings in the Temple of Heaven are all round, while the buildings in the Ditan are all square, which is also a major feature of ditan park. You can pay attention. Ditan park is about 600 meters in length and width, with entrances to the east, west, north and south. Visitors can walk and play while entering, usually for two hours. If you enter the palace from the south gate, you will first return to the palace in ditan park, where the gods of emperors are enshrined, as well as the main buildings in ditan park, such as wuyue, Wuzhen, Hayes, Sidu and Wuling Mountain. In addition to many cultural relics, it is also a cultural relics showroom, which displays many sacrificial objects such as bells, bells and drums. You can learn about sacrificial objects and crafts here. Fang Zetan, also known as Fang Zetan, is the core altar of ditan park behind the palace and the main place for the emperor to sacrifice. The whole altar is square, which is the second largest altar among the five great altars in Beijing (Tiantan, Ditan, Ritan, Yuetan and Xiannong Altar). There are also bronze dings and Shi Ding, which symbolize five mountains and five towns. You can simply access them. After visiting the ancient buildings of Ming and Qing Dynasties and Fangzetan, you will find Ditan Second Hospital. There are ancient buildings, such as the Zhai Palace and the Bell Tower. Zhai Palace used to be the place where the emperor lived when he came here to offer sacrifices, so the environment of this courtyard is also beautiful. There are many trees in the courtyard, including small garden landscapes such as rose garden and health garden, lakes and rockeries. Flowers bloom every spring and summer, and the environment is beautiful. There are also exquisite archways and other buildings on the west side of the courtyard, which can be visited or photographed. The children's amusement park is the third yard near the north gate after the second yard. The focus here is the children's amusement park in the east. There are simple children's amusement projects such as merry-go-round and Flying Tigers, which you can take your children to play. Each charge is about 10- 15 yuan. Autumn apricot viewing resort is from late June to early October165438+ 10 every year. Ginkgo Avenue in the park is a hot spot for Beijing people to shoot yellow leaves. Ginkgo Avenue in ditan park is an ancient ginkgo road in Beijing. When the altar was built in the Ming Dynasty, some ginkgo trees were planted. Every yellow leaf season, they all had golden eyes and were very beautiful. Ginkgo Avenue is located on the north side of the park, and you can see it from the north gate. Temple fairs in the Spring Festival are very lively. During the Spring Festival, there will be a grand temple fair in ditan park. By then, the park will be very lively, and many stalls and food stalls selling traditional goods will be prosperous. There will also be a performance of offering sacrifices to the Qing Dynasty on the altar, showing the grand occasion of the emperor's sacrificial ceremony. In addition, there are folk performances, band performances and cross talk performances of various regions and ethnic groups, all of which are wonderful. You can go and see them.