Temple of Heaven

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site imperial sacrificial altar religious complex tourist attraction

The Temple of Heaven is a historic imperial religious complex in Beijing where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors performed annual ceremonies to pray for good harvests.

Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Temple of Heaven complex	5
Temple of Heaven Park	3
Temple of Heaven Park administration	2
Imperial Vault of Heaven	1
Imperial rituals at Temple of Heaven	1
Temple of Heaven (Beijing)	1
Temple of Heaven area	1
Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing	1
UNESCO World Heritage (as part of Temple of Heaven)	1
天坛	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ imperial sacrificial altar ⓘ religious complex ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Ming dynasty architecture ⓘ traditional Chinese architecture ⓘ
area	approximately 2.73 square kilometers ⓘ
associatedWith	imperial worship of Heaven ⓘ rituals for good harvests ⓘ winter solstice ceremonies ⓘ
builtBy	Yongle Emperor ⓘ
builtDuring	reign of the Yongle Emperor ⓘ
ChineseName	Temple of Heaven self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 天坛
ChinesePinyinName	Tiāntán ⓘ
constructionEnd	1420 ⓘ
constructionStart	1406 ⓘ early 15th century ⓘ
contains	Circular Mound Altar ⓘ Danbi Bridge ⓘ Divine Music Administration Hall ⓘ Echo Wall ⓘ Fasting Palace ⓘ Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests ⓘ Temple of Heaven self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Imperial Vault of Heaven Long Corridor ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
currentUse	public park ⓘ tourist site ⓘ
dynasty	Ming dynasty ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
laterReconstruction	Qing dynasty ⓘ
locatedIn	Beijing ⓘ Dongcheng District, Beijing ⓘ southern Beijing ⓘ
mainMaterial	wood ⓘ
managedBy	Beijing municipal cultural heritage authorities ⓘ surface form: Beijing municipal authorities
near	Beijing ⓘ surface form: Beijing city center
notableFeature	acoustic effects at Echo Wall ⓘ three-tiered marble terrace ⓘ triple-gabled circular hall ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
orientation	north–south axis ⓘ
partOf	Historic Centre of Beijing ⓘ surface form: Historic Centre of Beijing’s imperial sites
primaryFunction	place for prayers for good harvests ⓘ site for imperial ceremonies ⓘ
religiousTradition	Chinese folk religion ⓘ state ritual of imperial China ⓘ
roofColor	blue glazed tiles ⓘ
shape	overall rectangular plan ⓘ
symbolism	embodies traditional Chinese cosmology ⓘ symbolizes relationship between heaven and earth ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	Criterion (i) ⓘ Criterion (ii) ⓘ Criterion (iii) ⓘ Criterion (iv) ⓘ Criterion (vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear	1998 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	881 ⓘ
usedBy	Ming dynasty ⓘ surface form: Ming dynasty emperors Qing dynasty ⓘ surface form: Qing dynasty emperors

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple of Heaven → ChineseName → Temple of Heaven self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 天坛

Echo Wall → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponentOf → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

Fasting Palace → UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing

Echo Wall → associatedWith → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial rituals at Temple of Heaven

Divine Music Administration Hall → category → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

Fasting Palace → category → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

Yongle Emperor → constructed → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple of Heaven (Beijing)

Beijing → contains → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

Dongcheng District, Beijing → contains → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

Temple of Heaven → contains → Temple of Heaven self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Vault of Heaven

Historic Centre of Beijing → hasPart → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

Beijing → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

Fasting Palace → heritageDesignation → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage (as part of Temple of Heaven)

Divine Music Administration Hall → locatedIn → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

Echo Wall → locatedIn → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

Fasting Palace → locatedIn → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests → locatedIn → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple of Heaven Park

Fasting Palace → locatedInPark → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple of Heaven Park

Circular Mound Altar → location → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

Long Corridor → location → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

subject surface form: Long Corridor (Temple of Heaven)

Long Corridor → managedBy → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

subject surface form: Long Corridor (Temple of Heaven)

this entity surface form: Temple of Heaven Park administration

Qianmen station → nearby → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple of Heaven area

Fasting Palace → operator → Temple of Heaven ⓘ

this entity surface form: Temple of Heaven Park administration

Circular Mound Altar → partOf → Temple of Heaven ⓘ