Panorama with the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests in the center, viewed from the south In 1918 the temple was turned into a park and for the first time open to the public. In 1914, Yuan Shikai, then President of the Republic of China, performed a Ming prayer ceremony at the temple, as part of an effort to have himself declared Emperor of China. The neglect of the temple complex led to the collapse of several halls in the following years. With the downfall of the Qing, the temple complex was left un-managed. In 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion, the Eight-Nation Alliance occupied the temple complex and turned it into the force's temporary command in Peking, which lasted for one year. The temple was occupied by the Anglo-French alliance during the Second Opium War. By then, the state budget was insufficient, so this was the last large-scale renovation of the temple complex in imperial times. The Temple of Heaven was renovated in the 18th century under the Qianlong Emperor. Jiajing also built three other prominent temples in Beijing, the Temple of the Sun (日壇) in the east, the Temple of Earth (地壇) in the north, and the Temple of Moon (月壇) in the west. The complex was extended and renamed Temple of Heaven during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor in the 16th century. It is currently located in Dongcheng Beijing, China. The temple complex was constructed from 1406 to 1420 during the reign of the Yongle Emperor of Ming Dynasty, who was also responsible for the construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing.
The Temple of Heaven was inscribed as a World Heritage site in 1998 and was described as "a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world's great civilizations." as the "symbolic layout and design of the Temple of Heaven had a profound influence on architecture and planning in the Far East over many centuries." History The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer to Heaven for a good harvest.
The Temple of Heaven ( traditional Chinese: 天壇 simplified Chinese: 天坛 pinyin: Tiāntán) is a complex of imperial religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. "Temple of Heaven" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
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