Kitchen for Preparing Sacrifices

Kitchen for Preparing Sacrifices is a building in Beijing, North China. Kitchen for Preparing Sacrifices is situated nearby to Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum, as well as near the historic building 焚帛炉.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and National Natural History Museum of China.

Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests

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The Temple of Heaven is a complex of imperial religious Confucian buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. 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. Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is situated 2 km east of Kitchen for Preparing Sacrifices.

National Natural History Museum of China

Museum

Photo: 钉钉, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The National Natural History Museum of China, previously the Beijing Museum of Natural History, is a municipal public natural history museum in Dongcheng, Beijing, China. National Natural History Museum of China is situated 1 km northeast of Kitchen for Preparing Sacrifices.

Yongdingmen

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Yongdingmen was the former front gate of the outer city of Beijing's old city wall. Originally built in 1553 during Ming Dynasty, it was torn down in the 1950s to make way for the new road system in Beijing. Yongdingmen is situated 1 km southeast of Kitchen for Preparing Sacrifices.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taoranting and Tianqiao.

Taoranting

Suburb

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Taoranting Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the southeast part of Xicheng District, Beijing, China. As of 2020, its total population is 42,231. This subdistrict got its name from the Taoranting Park that is located in the subdistrict.

Tianqiao

Suburb

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Tianqiao Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the southeastern portion of Xicheng District, Beijing, China. As of 2020, it has a total population of 34,427.

Tiantan

Suburb

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Tiantan Subdistrict is a subdistrict on the southwest side of the Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. As of 2020, it has a population of 27,429. The subdistrict was named after Temple of Heaven, an imperial religious complex that is located in this area.

Kitchen for Preparing Sacrifices

Type: Building
Also known as: “先农坛历史文化展”
Location: Beijing, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

39.87653° or 39° 52′ 36″ north

Longitude

116.38489° or 116° 23′ 6″ east

Levels

Open location code

8PFRV9GM+JX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 727056020

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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