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    Walking along Danbi Qiao, or Red Stairway Bridge, from Imperial Vault to Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest: by enanareina, Views[1110]
         		 View north to Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, seen over several gates.: by enanareina, Views[658]
         		 9-Dragon Juniper: by enanareina, Views[628]
         		 9-Dragon Juniper: by enanareina, Views[632]
         		 Wentian Cypresses: by enanareina, Views[529]
     
    Apparently, Magnum is also very popular in Europe: by enanareina, Views[721]
         		 Eating a Magnum ice cream bar--yummy!: by enanareina, Views[3922]
         		 Sign for Echo Wall: by enanareina, Views[945]
         		 5 more dragons: by enanareina, Views[601]
         		 Beautiful painting on West Annex Hall: by enanareina, Views[632]
     
    I was obviously impressed by the ceilings: by enanareina, Views[616]
         		 View inside West Annex Hall: by enanareina, Views[645]
         		 by enanareina, Views[647]
         		 West Annex Hall: by enanareina, Views[782]
         		 Elaborate paintwork on Imperial Vault: by enanareina, Views[603]
     
    Stone carving leading up to Imperial Vault: by enanareina, Views[800]
         		 Sign for Imperial Vault of Heaven, built by Emperor Jiajing. He expanded the Temple of Heaven complex and also built the Temple of the Sun, Temple of the Earth, and Temple of the Moon. Temple of Heaven is the only one of the four remaining.: by enanareina, Views[1329]
         		 Such a cute, tiny temple!: by enanareina, Views[675]
         		 Ceiling artwork in East Annex Hall. The complex was restored recently in preparation for the 2008 Olympics.: by enanareina, Views[641]
         		 View inside East Annex Hall: by enanareina, Views[1032]
     
    Sign for East Annex Hall: by enanareina, Views[725]
         		 5 dragons: by enanareina, Views[632]
         		 Hall to east, close up of intricate painting: by enanareina, Views[685]
         		 Hall to west side of Imperial Vault of Heaven: by enanareina, Views[632]
         		 Hall to east side of Imperial Vault of Heaven: by enanareina, Views[651]
     
    Imperial Vault of Heaven, built after the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest (and around the same time as the Round Altar). Used to store the spirit tablets used in the winter solstice heaven worship.: by enanareina, Views[1175]
         		 Gate through Echo Wall; peeking through is Imperial Vault of Heaven: by enanareina, Views[804]
         		 Gate through Echo Wall: by enanareina, Views[624]
         		 Cypresses: by enanareina, Views[611]
         		 Sign for ancient cypress trees in the park: by enanareina, Views[862]
     
    by enanareina, Views[649]
         		 View north toward Imperial Vault of Heaven.: by enanareina, Views[615]
         		 Sign for the Heavenly Center Stone, which sits in the very center of the Round Altar, where worship took place. It is supposed to have great acoustic properties.: by enanareina, Views[809]
         		 Rainwater pours out the dragon's mouth: by enanareina, Views[877]
         		 Elaborately carved stones on the stair rails.: by enanareina, Views[691]
     
    There are 3 flights of 9 stairs each leading to the top of the altar. Everything is white marble. 9 is an imperial number. The bottom 9 stairs represent humanity, the middle 9 earth, and the top 9 heaven. : by enanareina, Views[630]
         		 At last, the Round Altar, or Yuan Qiu, also known as Circular Mound Altar, which is where the Ming and Qing emperors came to worship heaven. The altar is round to signify heaven, while the surrounding wall is square, to signify earth. The Altar was built around 1530 by Ming emperor Jiajing.: by enanareina, Views[1368]
         		 Glazed Ming roof tile: by enanareina, Views[767]
         		 The dragons bite onto the tiles on the ridgepole: by enanareina, Views[456]
         		 Sign for Lingxing Gates, the gates surrounding the Round Altar: by enanareina, Views[424]
     
    Interior gate to Round Altar (there are about a million gates here, it seems): by enanareina, Views[407]
         		 The area inside these walls around the Round Altar is huge: by enanareina, Views[391]
         		 Some kind of giant urn inside walls: by enanareina, Views[415]
         		 See the clouds?: by enanareina, Views[405]
         		 Gates through square wall around Round Altar: by enanareina, Views[426]
     

     
         		 Sidewalk calligraphy in water: by enanareina, Views[512]
         		 Sidewalk calligraphy artist: by enanareina, Views[432]
         		 Alley through ancient cypresses: by enanareina, Views[439]
     
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