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  2. Temple of Heaven - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of Heaven (simplified Chinese: 天坛; traditional Chinese: 天壇; pinyin: Tiāntán) is a complex of imperial 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.

  3. Feng Shan - Wikipedia

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    In Japan the Festival of the Deva and Naraka (六道冥官祭) was performed based on the Feng Shan. It was performed from the time of Emperor Go-Yōzei (1571–1617) until the reign of Emperor Kōmei (1831–1867), the last Emperor of the Edo period, was not performed for Emperor Meiji (1852–1912).

  4. Circular Mound Altar - Wikipedia

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    The cause of this effect is the extreme smoothness of the altar’s walls and floor, causing sound waves in all directions to spread quickly to the stone balustrades and get reflected back. Scientists have calculated the time taken for this process to be only a mere 0.07 seconds, showing that this process is almost instantaneous.

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  6. Australia's Albanese retraces historic Beijing walk on visit ...

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    At the Temple of Heaven, Albanese posed for a photograph at the circular Echo Wall, the same spot where Australia's then prime minister, Gough Whitlam, stood in 1973, a year after the two ...

  7. Altar of Heaven - Wikipedia

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    Altar of Heaven may refer to: Ara Coeli, legendary ancient altar on the Capitoline Hill in Rome; Temple of Heaven, Ming temple complex in Beijing

  8. The High Road to China (The Drew Carey Show) - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of Heaven was one of several Chinese landmarks featured in the episode. On September 20, 1998, Paul Brownfield from the Los Angeles Times reported that Drew Carey and executive producers Deborah Oppenheimer and Clay Graham would be travelling to China during October to film scenes for an upcoming episode of The Drew Carey Show. [1]

  9. Dongyue Dadi - Wikipedia

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    Emperor Dongyue (or Dongyue Dadi Chinese: 東嶽大帝; lit. 'The Great Emperor of the Eastern Peak') is a Daoist deity of the sacred mountain Mount Tai. [1] He is also believed to be the leader of a large bureaucratic celestial ministry overseeing the maintenance of the Book of Life (生死簿), a register of the due dates on which each and every human soul must be summoned before the Judges ...