Since we may also be visiting here while in Beijing I thought I'd post about it. Most of the other adoptive families who visited Beijing wish they had spent more time at The Summer Palace and either skipped the Temple of Heaven or spent less time there. Not sure if we can be flexible with Lotus on the tour, but we'll try.
The Temple of Heaven, literally the Altar of Heaven is a complex of Taoist buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing in Chongwen District. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for good harvest. It is regarded as a Taoist temple, although Chinese Heaven worship, especially by the reigning monarch of the day, pre-dates Taoism.
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