Tiāntán

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

Tiāntán is the Chinese pinyin name for the Temple of Heaven, a historic imperial religious complex in Beijing where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors performed annual ceremonies to pray for good harvests.

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Label Occurrences
Tiāntán canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
imperial sacrificial altar ⓘ
religious complex ⓘ
temple complex ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
area about 2.73 square kilometers ⓘ
about 273 hectares ⓘ
associatedWithBelief Heaven worship ⓘ
builtUnderEmperor Yongle Emperor ⓘ
constructedDuringDynasty Ming dynasty ⓘ
constructionEndYear 1420 ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1406 ⓘ
hasChineseName 天坛 ⓘ
hasEnclosingFeature double wall layout ⓘ
hasLiteralMeaning Temple of Heaven ⓘ
hasMajorStructure Animal Sacrifice Pavilion ⓘ
Circular Mound Altar ⓘ
Danbi Bridge ⓘ
Divine Warehouse ⓘ
Echo Wall ⓘ
Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests ⓘ
Imperial Vault of Heaven ⓘ
Long Corridor ⓘ
hasPinyinName Tiāntán self-link ⓘ
locatedInCapital capital city of China ⓘ
locatedInCity Beijing ⓘ
locatedInCountry China ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Dōngchéng Qū ⓘ
surface form: Dongcheng District
locatedInRegion North China ⓘ
managedBy Beijing Municipal Administration of Parks ⓘ
notableFor Ming and Qing imperial sacrificial architecture ⓘ
symbolic layout reflecting cosmology ⓘ
wooden architecture without nails in Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf historic center of Beijing ⓘ
primaryFunction site for annual Heaven worship rituals ⓘ
site for imperial ceremonies to pray for good harvests ⓘ
religiousTradition Chinese state ritual ⓘ
shapeSymbolism circular heavens and square earth ⓘ
UNESCOCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (i) ⓘ
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UNESCOInscriptionYear 1998 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 881 ⓘ
usedByDynasty Ming dynasty ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ

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

Temple of Heaven → ChinesePinyinName → Tiāntán ⓘ
Tiāntán → hasPinyinName → Tiāntán self-link ⓘ