The Temple of Heaven (simplified Chinese: 天坛; traditional Chinese: 天壇; pinyin: Tiāntán) is a complex of imperial religious buildings situated in the southeastern...

Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site, and parts of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal—all of which are popular...

north of Yonghe Temple. At 42.7 hectares (106 acres), it is the second largest of the five Temples of Beijing behind only the Temple of Heaven. It was...

A temple (from the Latin templum) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. By convention...

building of the Temple of Heaven, in a structure called the "Imperial Vault of Heaven", a "spirit tablet" (神位, shénwèi) inscribed with the name of Shangdi...

were seen as the channels of communication between Earth and Heaven, which allowed mortal access to the gods. The Ekur temple in Nippur was known as the...

building of the Temple of Heaven, in a structure called the "Imperial Vault of Heaven", a "spirit tablet" (神位, or shénwèi) inscribed with the name of Yuanshi...

stretch of the Great Wall of China, the Temple of Heaven, the Tian'anmen and the Forbidden City, a number of temples, hutongs and parks, relics of ages gone...

Heaven and Fen Shan, were privileges enjoyed exclusively by the Son of Heaven due to Shendao teachings. The rites have been performed at the Temple of...

Temple of Heaven East Gate station (simplified Chinese: 天坛东门站; traditional Chinese: 天壇東門站; pinyin: Tiāntán Dōngmén zhàn) is a station on Line 5 of the...

"Say Hello 2 Heaven" is a song by the American rock band Temple of the Dog. Written by vocalist Chris Cornell, "Say Hello 2 Heaven" was released on June...

many of Beijing's major cultural attractions, such as the Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites. More than a quarter of the...

Great Wall; 2. Forbidden City; 3. Zhoukoudian; 4. Summer Palace; 5. Temple of Heaven; 6. Ming tombs; 7. Eastern Qing Tombs; 8. Western Qing Tombs Legend:...

list of Mazu temples, dedicated to Mazu (媽祖) also known as Tian Shang Sheng Mu (天上聖母) or Tian Hou (天后) Chinese Goddess of Sea and Patron Deity of fishermen...

she took part as a guest in the cultural experience program Meet the Temple of Heaven. From 2019 to 2020, she starred as a main character in the TV drama...

Temple of the Dog was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. It was conceived by vocalist Chris Cornell of Soundgarden as a...

territory of Turkey. Temple of Heaven construction completed on 1420 during Yongle Emperor who also constructed Forbidden City of China Fujian Tulou is...

are the Gol Gumbaz mausoleum in Bijapur, India and the Echo Wall of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. A hemispherical enclosure will also guide whispering...

and ornate interior of the Temple of Heaven and in other structures to represent Heaven.[citation needed] It is also the color of most jade as well as...

the Moon, and an expansion of the Temple of Heaven. The Temple of the Sun was used by the imperial court for elaborate acts of worship involving fasting...

stranger possesses some knowledge of magic, in particular cloud-walking. Together they go to the "temple of heaven", where the stranger procures a few...

Depiction of the Temple of Heaven in the center with Chinese characters on top saying "Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo" meaning People's Republic of China and...

and serves as one of the architectural symbols of Chongqing. The exterior resembles the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. Construction of the hall began in...

ceremony attended by 2,008 people at Beijing's Temple of Heaven. The emblem draws on various elements of Chinese culture, depicting a traditional red Chinese...

Mahadeva Temple (Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, India), c. 1030 Chinese architecture: The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the main building of the Temple of Heaven...

beginning of afterlife, entering heaven without dying first is considered exceptional and usually a sign of a deity's special recognition of the individual's...

base is a model of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. One of the five large Buddha statues in China, it is enthroned on a lotus on top of a three-platform...

Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Paris: International Council on Monuments and Sites, 29 Dec 1986. "Temple of Heaven: An Imperial Sacrificial...

(Earthly Mount) of the Temple of Heaven has one circular marble plate in the center, surrounded by a ring of nine plates, then by a ring of 18 plates, and...

sanctuary of Inanna (Sumerian: eš-dinanna) sanctuary of Inanna of the evening (Sumerian: eš-dinanna-sig) temple of heaven (Sumerian: e2-an) temple of heaven and...