Visit to Tiantan – Temple of Heaven

Yesterday I visited Tiantan – the Temple of Heaven, which is about 2 km south of Tian an Men.

I found it to be a really peaceful space – probably helped by the “keep off the grass” signs – I spent about 5 hours wandering around, looking at the various parts of the temple and its grounds, looking at the tourists…. despite having really sore feet at the end of the day, I actually felt quite quite refreshed by the experience. Such a beautiful surprise to find this oasis of calm in such a busy city.

I took a few photos of course, and I’m really glad that I borrowed Chip’s 10-22mm lens – it really made a difference:

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I was also really pleased to get some detail on the ends of the blue-glazed tiles that are just everywhere:

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This is a short gallery of my favourite pictures from the day:

Tiantan musicians 1
Tiantan roof cupola
Tiantan twodragons over mountains and seas
Tiantan triple mount waterspout detail
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Tiantan 2
Tiantan queueing to have a look
Tiantan view north of temple 1
Tiantan courtyard 1
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Tiantan musicians 2
Tiantan cupola detail
Tiantan roof detail
Tiantan approach from north
Tiantan wedding photoshoot
Tiantan tiles detail