Temple of Heaven
Dublin Core
Title
Temple of Heaven
Subject
Culture,Immovable Culture Heritage,Intangible Heritage
Description
The Temple of Heaven (traditional Chinese: 天壇; simplified Chinese: 天坛; pinyin: Tiāntán) is a complex of imperial religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for a good harvest. The Temple of Heaven was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1998 and was described as "a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world's great civilizations..." as the "symbolic layout and design of the Temple of Heaven had a profound influence on architecture and planning in the Far East over many centuries."
Source
is51102023
Contributor
Yuhao Huang
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
766
Date Submitted
08/05/2023
Date Modified
05/08/2023 06:50:43 pm
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Heaven
Extent
cm x cm x cm
Medium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Heaven
Spatial Coverage
current,39,116;
Provenance
Chinese government
Europeana
Europeana Data Provider
Temple of Heaven
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Institutional nature
Building
Place
Dongcheng, Beijing, China
Prim Media
1661
Stewardship
Chinese government
Contact
yh76@st-andrews.ac.uk
Citation
“Temple of Heaven,” STAGE, accessed December 13, 2025, https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/1662.
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