Temple of Heaven

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Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the largest building in the Temple of Heaven.
The Circular Mound Altar, the actual altar to Heaven on the grounds, in 1905.

Etymology

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Calque of Chinese 天壇天坛 (Tiāntán, literally Altar of Heaven).

Proper noun

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the Temple of Heaven

  1. A religious complex in southeastern Beijing, formerly important to Chinese imperial rituals; the present-day park surrounding and preserving the site.
    • 2022 January 21, Chris Mundy, Ozark, 00:41:05:
      Jonah Byrde: Y'know, in third grade, we learned about the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. There are like 600 acres and on the grounds there's this building called the Hall for Prayer for Good Harvests. It's circled by this thing called the Echo Wall.
      Wendy Byrde: Ok, ok.
      Jonah Byrde: You can go there and even when people are whispering you just hear the same things repeated over and over and over.
      Wendy Byrde: Ok, enough. You wanna be a smartass? You want to hate me? Fine.
  2. (proscribed) The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the largest building in the complex, commonly confused as its focus.

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