Friday, September 18, 2009

Day 5


Check-Out, Temple Heaven, Departure

Finally that goes with our 5 day 4 night Beijing trip…

Check out time…@7am morning… Then process to Temple of Heaven….. For our last destination before going back to Singapore…

You might find it boring but then..i still have to said about temple of heaven… Here it goes…

Here is some information about Temple of heaven……

This complex was visited by the emperors of the Ming and Qing for annual ceremonies of prayer to heaven for good harvest. As it is regarded as a Taoist temple.
This temple was constructed from 1402 to 1420 during the yongle emperor who was responsible for the construction. Then the complex was extended and rename as temple of heaven.


Next the Altar of Heaven (yuangQiutan)


Constructed in 1530 and rebuilt in 1740 and it made of white marble.
The altar was used to worship heaven at the winter….

The number of stones in various tiers is multiples of three or nine and number nine is the highest value digit that represented the emperor.

On top of the altar. The first ring of consists of 9 stones the magical value then 18,27 and so on…

Approaching the Hall of Prayer for Good HarvestsThe Echo wall…
This wall is a whisper spoken at one end can be heard clearly from the other.

The imperial of heaven…

The imperial of heaven sits in the center and is a round building with roof that resembles the hall of prayer for good harvest though smaller and single tier of marble base.


After that will be our lunch time before going to Beijing airport…

The foods we have on e plane


There will go......

Goodbye Beijing..... Welcome back Singapore

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