year of inscription. 1998
criteria. Cultural
The Temple of Heaven WHS is located in the municipality of Beijing. Founded in the first half of the 15th century CE, it is a complex of buildings set in gardens, dominated by old pine woods. Set in a north-south axial format, the layout and assemblage seek to symbolise the relationship between heaven and earth as well as that between the divine and humans, as defined by Chinese cosmology. Central to the mediating of these relationships was the Chinese emperor. It was here that emperors of the Ming (1368CE – 1644CE) and Qing (1644CE – 1911CE) Dynasties would come to perform ceremonies that offer sacrifices and prayers for bountiful harvests. Due south of the Forbidden City – the imperial residence – the site was first used for this purpose in 1420CE, given its current name after some repurposing and reconstruction in 1534CE, and rebuilt to its current form in 1749CE.
what. stamps (Republic of China, 1913)
what. stamp (China, 1956)
what. stamp (China, 2016)
what. stamps (Hong Kong, 2018)
what. postcard (China, 2007)
what. postcard (China, 2012)
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