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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. 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.

  4. 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).

  5. Yuanshi Tianzun - Wikipedia

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    Yuanshi Tianzun is never represented with either images or idols. Instead, in the center building of the Temple of Heaven, in a structure called the "Imperial Vault of Heaven", a "spirit tablet" (神位, or shénwèi) inscribed with the name of Yuanshi Tianzun is stored on the throne, Huangtian Shangdi (皇天上帝). During an annual sacrifice ...

  6. Shangdi - Wikipedia

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    Shangdi (Chinese: 上帝; pinyin: Shàngdì; Wade–Giles: Shang 4 Ti 4), also called simply Di (Chinese: 帝; pinyin: Dì; lit. 'God'), [1] is the name of the Chinese Highest Deity or "Lord Above" in the theology of the classical texts, especially deriving from Shang theology and finding an equivalent in the later Tiān ("Heaven" or "Great Whole") of Zhou theology.

  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. Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam - Wikipedia

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    The performance is enacted by priests and images in the temple depicts Nammalvar as reaching heaven and getting liberation from the cycle of life and death. At that point, a member from the crowd of devotees, who are witnessing this passion play, goes up to the centre stage and requests Vishnu to return Nammalvar to humanity, so that his words ...

  9. Beijing Dongyue Temple - Wikipedia

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    The three main halls of the temple are Yude Hall, Daizongbao Hall, and Yuhuang Hall. Yude Hall displays statues made from Jinsi Nanmu wood, among them statues of the gods of heaven, earth, and water. The temple once contained more than 3000 steles in total of which about 1000 have been preserved.