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Temple of Heaven

Imperial altar complex in Beijing where Ming and Qing emperors offered sacrifices to Heaven and prayed for good harvests. Its round Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and the open, three-tiered Circular Mound Altar stand in a walled park of old pines.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1420 CE mainstream
  completed as the Altar of Heaven and Earth under the Yongle Emperor, together with the Forbidden City source
• 1530 CE mainstream
  Circular Mound Altar built when the Jiajing Emperor separated the sacrifices to heaven and earth source
• 1534 CE mainstream
  renamed the Temple of Heaven source
• 1749 CE mainstream
  present layout formed after reconstruction under the Qianlong Emperor source
• 1889 CE mainstream
  Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests burns down after a lightning strike; rebuilt a few years later source
• 1918 CE mainstream
  opened to the public as a park source
• 1998 CE mainstream
  inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site source

Where

39.8822° N, 116.4066° E

Sources

• https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/881/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Heaven

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