The Temple of Heaven, Beijing

by lehy16

A map from the area of The Temple of Hea
A map and a flag of Finland in the hand of our Finnish guide. "The temple...

Going to the temple
"The temple is a complex of Taoist buildings situated in the southeastern...

One of the many gates

Nobody seems to notice the soldiers :)

Through the gate
Visitors without a camera and photographers in the front of a beautifully...

Imperial Vault of Heaven
"The Imperial Vault of Heaven (皇穹宇) is a...

The Imperial Vault of Heaven / 2

Animal figures on the roof
Plenty of objects to photograph there!!

Decorations
Decorations are incredible.

Figures as bigger

One more
This wooden architecture is skilfully made and painted.

Another gate on the area of the temple.

Stairs to an Imperial Sacrificial Altar
The whole area is bigger than the Forbidden city because even the Emperor can...

One part of the Temple of Heaven
Colours were so enjoyable in the sunny weather.

Our excellent guide with his flag :)

An Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
This really is worth photographing, don`t you think and seeing it in person.

Architecture . .
Look at those details, huge!

Decorated column in the temple

Roof again and details under it

Once more
I just love these colourful photos

From the park near the temple

The old juniper

Thai Chi in the park
It was really a great experience to see them doing all moving so slowly and...

They had time for this
And Western people have always in such a hurry

Beautiful

article published 5/1/2010

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