July 17, 2010

Temple of Heaven, Beijing

Temple of Heaven © Evelyn Howard 2010

The Temple of Heaven complex dates back to the 1400s

Temple of Heaven © Evelyn Howard 2010

Intricate Chinese details on the buildings

Temple of Heaven © Evelyn Howard 2010

I love the structures on top of the gates – they look like they are going to take off any minute

Temple of Heaven © Evelyn Howard 2010

Temple of Heaven © Evelyn Howard 2010

The grounds of the Temple of Heaven is huge. We walked away from the buildings and found ourselves a nice quite spot to sit and read

Yellow rose © Evelyn Howard 2010

A pretty rose from it’s rose garden

Temple of Heaven rose garden © Evelyn Howard 2010 

A view of the huge rose garden

More photos in Scenic Sunday

7 comments:

cat said...

What a grand place :) Thank you for sharing.

Francisca said...

A beautiful series of photos on the Temple of Heaven (although you got that typical dusty Beijing sky). I am inspired to go back...

Jim said...

Amazing.
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diane b said...

Thanks for taking me on a tour of Beijing

Noel Morata said...

aloha,

i enjoyed your scenic sunday post, its a really beautiful with all these different images of the temple, love the rose garden also

my scenic post is on my sari sari blog today

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

How long was your trip. Looks like you have a great time. How many generations away from China are you?

Dani said...

I didn't visit The Temple of Heaven. I see now i should have. Next time. These are marvelous shots.
Thank you. Xiexie. :)

Have a nice day!

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