Module6TheWorld’sCulturalHeritage天坛,世界文化遗产,是北京“天地日月”诸坛之首,是我国和世界上现存最大的古代祭祀性建筑群
TheTempleofHeavenTheTempleofHeavenissituatedinthesouthernpartofthecityofBeijing
Itwasbuiltin1420,coveringanareaof273hectares(公顷).ThetemplewastheplacewheretheemperorsoftheMingandQingDynastiesworshipedheavenandprayedforgoodharvests
Itisregardedasoneofthegreatestarchitectural(建筑学的)structuresintheworld
Someenvironmentalartistsandgardenersdescribethetempleasaplacewherepeoplecantalktoheaven
InBeijing,fourimperial(皇帝的)templeswerebuiltduringtheMingandQingDynasties
AtthesouthernendofthecityaxisistheTempleofHeaven
Itisthemostimportantofthefour
TheotherthreearetheAltarofEarthinthenorth,theAltarofMooninthewest,andtheAltarofSunintheeastjustbehindtheBeijingFriendshipStore
Allofthemarestillstanding,buttheTempleofHeavenisthelarg