The temple of heaven
北京天坛公园
The Temple of Heaven (Chinese: 天坛; pinyin: Tiāntán) is an imperial complex of religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for a good harvest. The Temple of Heaven was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1998 and was described as "a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world's great civilizations..." as the "symbolic layout and design of the Temple of Heaven had a profound influence on architecture and planning in the Far East over many centuries."
(quoted from wikipedia. link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Heaven)
The photographs in this article were shoot during the spring festival holiday of 2022, when chinese people gather together with their family and celebrate the new coming year. I try to capture the atmosphere during the specific time of the year when people visit the temple of heaven with their friends or family, and also some quite and lonely corners in the busy park.
