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Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests

The Temple of Heaven is a complex of imperial religious Confucian buildings situated in the southeastern part of central . The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and then later restored by the Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for a good harvest and other seasonal rites.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 8:00 AM—4:30 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: imperial complex of religious buildings in Beijing, China
  • Also known as: “Imperial temple of heaven”, “Temple of Heaven”, and “Temple of Heaven, Bejing”
  • Roof shape: pyramidal
Photo: Fumihiko Ueno, CC BY 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Natural History Museum of China and Yongdingmen.

Museum
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The , previously the Beijing Museum of Natural History, is a municipal public natural history museum in , , China. is situated 1 km west of Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests.

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, was the former front gate of the outer city of . Originally built in 1553 during Ming Dynasty, it was torn down in the 1950s to make way for the new road system in Beijing. is situated 1½ km southwest of Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests.

Arts center
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is an arts center, which is situated 1¼ km west of Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chongwen and Central Dongcheng.

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, formerly District, is an area in . Its main attraction is the Temple of Heaven.

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Dongcheng District is in . It means "east city" and appropriately enough covers the eastern half of the old, imperial city. Most visitors to the city will come here to visit both Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace.

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District is in . While district does not have that many tourist sites, most visitors to Beijing will find themselves in at some point: especially for visiting the art districts, shopping, restaurants, and nightlife.

Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests

Latitude
39.88225° or 39° 52′ 56″ north
Longitude
116.40662° or 116° 24′ 24″ east
Height
38 metres (125 feet)
Open location code
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hemeltempel”
  • Arabic: “معبد السماء”
  • Arabic: “معبدالسماء”
  • Armenian: “Երկնքի տաճար”
  • Asturian: “Templu del Cielu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Səma məbədi”
  • Balinese: “Tian Tan”
  • Basque: “Zeruko Tenplua”
  • Belarusian: “Храм Неба”
  • Bulgarian: “Храм на небето”
  • Bulgarian: “Храмът на небето”
  • Burmese: “ကောင်းကင်ဘုံကျောင်းတော်”
  • Catalan: “Temple del Cel”
  • Chinese: “北京天坛”
  • Chinese: “天坛”
  • Chinese: “天坛公园”
  • Chinese: “天壇”
  • Chinese: “天壇公園”
  • Chinese: “祈年殿”
  • Chinese: “祭天的寺庙”
  • Chinese: “祭天的寺廟”
  • Croatian: “Nebeski hram”
  • Czech: “Chrám nebes”
  • Dutch: “Hemeltempel”
  • Dutch: “Tempel van de Hemel”
  • Dutch: “Temple of Heaven”
  • Dutch: “Tian Tan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد السماء”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉiela Altaro”
  • Esperanto: “La Ĉiela Altaro”
  • Finnish: “Taivaan temppeli”
  • French: “Salle des prières pour la récolte”
  • French: “temple du ciel”
  • French: “Temple du Ciel”
  • Galician: “Templo do Ceo”
  • Georgian: “ცის ტაძარი”
  • German: “Himmelsaltar”
  • German: “Himmelstempel”
  • Greek: “Ναός του Ουρανού”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש השמיים”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש השמים”
  • Hungarian: “Ég temploma”
  • Igbo: “Temple of Heaven”
  • Indonesian: “Tian Tan”
  • Irish: “Teampall Neimhe”
  • Italian: “Tempio del cielo”
  • Italian: “Tempio del Cielo”
  • Italian: “Tempio del paradiso”
  • Japanese: “天地壇”
  • Japanese: “天壇”
  • Japanese: “天壇公園”
  • Javanese: “Tian Tan”
  • Korean: “천단 공원”
  • Korean: “천단”
  • Korean: “천단공원”
  • Latvian: “Debesu templis”
  • Lithuanian: “Dangaus šventykla”
  • Lithuanian: “Rojaus šventykla”
  • Macedonian: “Олтар на небото”
  • Macedonian: “Храм на небото”
  • Malay: “Kuil Syurga”
  • Malayalam: “ടെമ്പിൾ ഓഫ് ഹെവൻ”
  • Malayalam: “സ്വർഗ്ഗ ക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Maltese: “Tempju tal-Ġenna”
  • Manchu: “ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ ᠮᡠᡴᡩᡝᡥᡠᠨ”
  • Mongolian: “Тэнгэрийн сүм”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Himmelens tempel”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Himmeltempelet”
  • Norwegian: “Himmelens tempel”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਵਰਗ ਮੰਦਿਰ”
  • Persian: “معبد آسمان”
  • Persian: “معبد اسمان”
  • Persian: “معبد بهشت”
  • Persian: “نیایشگاه آسمان”
  • Polish: “Ołtarz Nieba”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Nieba”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Niebios”
  • Polish: “Tiantan”
  • Polish: “Tien Tan”
  • Portuguese: “Templo do céu, altar sagrado imperial em pequim”
  • Portuguese: “Templo do Céu”
  • Quechua: “Hanaq Pacha Manqus Wasi”
  • Romanian: “Templul Cerului, Bejing”
  • Romanian: “Templul cerului”
  • Romanian: “Templul imperial al cerului”
  • Russian: “Зал молитвы за хороший урожай”
  • Russian: “Тяньтань”
  • Russian: “Храм Неба”
  • Russian: “Храм Урожая”
  • Serbian: “Небески храм”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Dvorana molitve za dobre žetve”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hram neba”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nebeski hram”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tian Tan”
  • Slovak: “Oltár Nebies”
  • Slovenian: “Nebeški tempelj”
  • Spanish: “Templo del Cielo”
  • Swedish: “Himmelens tempel”
  • Swedish: “Himmelsaltaret”
  • Swedish: “Himmelstemplet”
  • Tagalog: “Dambana ng Langit”
  • Tamil: “சுவர்க்கக் கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “சுவர்க்கக் கோவில்”
  • Thai: “หอสักการะฟ้า”
  • Turkish: “Cennet Tapınağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Неба”
  • Urdu: “جنت کا مندر”
  • Uzbek: “Osmon ibodatxonasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Thiên Đàn”
  • Welsh: “Teml y Nefoedd”
  • Western Panjabi: “جنت دا مندر”
  • Wu Chinese: “天坛”
  • Yue Chinese: “天壇”
  • Yue Chinese: “祭天的寺廟”

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