Temple of Heaven

The name suggested that it was a temple , but it was not actually, so said the local tour guide . It was actually the place where the Emperor prayed for good harvest for the country , and it was the last venue in our itinerary.

So, Temple of Heaven or Tian Tan in Mandarin, is at another corner of Beijing city . We passed by the outer city gate before we arrived at the Tian Tan park .

It was a sunday morning . There were many people in the park.....tourists as well as locals. The locals were having their usual activities, exercising, dancing, chatting, or gambling in the park .

dancing 

chatting , resting , napping ....

The Temple was magnificient ,looks like three storey . However, it had only one storey.

The beautiful Tian Tan standing against the blue sky. It looks three storey but  it actually is only single storey.          

The beautiful interior .
Look at the design, the pillars in it were special too . The layout design of the pillars supported three storeys of the roof wonderfully, 4 -8-12 significantly .
Beijing , and the glamour of the past....this is part of the rich history of China .