Tiantan Huangqiandian

Tiantan Huangqiandian

Gate and roof of the Hall of Sovereign Heaven at the rear of the Temple of Heaven complex, which housed tablets representing heavenly spirits (but not that of Heaven itself, which resided in the Imperial Vault of Heaven).

1530; 1751

Williams, John R., 1968 -

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China

China - People's Republic of China 1949 - present

Beijing

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