- Temple of Heaven - Visit the Temple of Heaven to see the largest of China’s remaining ancient sacrificial buildings. Plan your visit with our specialized tour guides to fully learn about how the Temple of Heaven used to be used during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and understand the relationship between heaven and earth through the Chinese concept of cosmogony. With your tour guide’s company, see the Round Altar, Long Corridor, and impressive wooden columns in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest. Stand in the center of the Circular Mound Altar to hear the sound appearing to come from the earth’s center, and appreciate the acoustics in the Echo Hall. With it stunning architecture and as a World Heritage UNESCO Site, this is a site not to be missed on your Beijing itinerary!
- English-speaking tour guide
- Entrance Tickets to the Temple of Heaven
- Tips to the tour guide based on well done job.
Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, Temple of Heaven was described as a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates Chinese cosmogony. With a mini group, your tour guide will lead you to enjoy its magnificent architecture and pleasant grassland, as well as to understand the link to the solemn ceremonies in ancient times during this 2.5-hour tour.
Start at the east gate of the park, follow the Long Corridor to the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, where emperors would come to give thanks and pray. Once you’ve caught that perfect Instagram shot, slip away to the Fasting Palace Circular Mound Altar, where an impressive feat of engineering was designed to make sounds travel in a certain way. The Imperial Vault of Heaven, with the Echo Wall that encircles it, will be your next stop.
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