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Imperial Vault of Heaven in the Temple of Heaven. God and heaven is a place eight generations of ancestors of the emperor on the tablets of the place. Imperial Vault of Heaven Ming Jiajing nine years (1530). First round for the eaves construction, the name Thai Temple, the main hall is the Circular Mound altar. The ceremony for the daily worship Sitian Gongshen version of temples. Seventeen years Jiajing (1538) renamed the Imperial Vault of Heaven. Seventeen years the Qing Emperor Qianlong (1752) into this style. Imperial Vault of Heaven Temple high 19.5 meters, diameter of 15.6 meters, wooden arch structure, Yan Zhu, Kim Joo all 8, south to open an account, Linghua frame sliding door windows, sills blue glass wall, something sealed on three sides to the north both dry brick placed in the top. Hall domed roof, the center posted Jinpan Long caisson, paste Jinshuang Long ceilings, Kim Joo Lotus Scroll laced with gold, inside and outside, and Xi Shi Jinlong painting. Hall before the middle of a round stone after Qiaojiao Xu Mizuo, seat height 1.51 m, 2.53 m diameter. Rigorous, sophisticated, overlying blue tile golden dome, sophisticated and dignified. Hall flowering caisson caisson for the green tone of the dragon, the dragon design center for the Daikin Group, is a masterpiece of ancient architecture. The surrounding wall was round, played the role of acoustic, it is also called the whispering gallery.

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