Life advice: When you visit Beijing, you must go to the Temple of Heaven, which is four times larger than the Forbidden City
After the recovery of tourism, the Temple of Heaven is crowded every day. How to avoid the crowd and take great photos? I have found some clever 📷 positions and compositions, and I will share them all with you at once! 👇
🗺️Tour route: Enter from the East Gate ➡️ Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests ➡️ Echo Wall ➡️ Circular Mound ➡️ Exit from the South Gate.
♥️For your convenience, the following 📷 positions are arranged in the order of the tour:
❶The pine and cypress path at the East Gate, take a photo at the entrance of the path towards the end of the path, you can get a fun inverted triangle composition;
❷After entering the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, go to the ancient gate on the north side first, that is, the south gate of the Imperial Heaven Hall. Take photos here when there are few people. If you can't avoid the crowd when you enter the park late, take several photos at a fixed position for post-production synthesis, wide-angle lens is better;
❸There are too many people in front of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. Use the east/west side halls as the foreground, lean on the pillars or sit on the side and take photos towards the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. Blur the people in the distance in post-production;
❹Find the red wall next to the Prayer Gate on the side of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. There are much fewer people here. Stand by the wall, the red wall and the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests under the blue sky are particularly photogenic;
❺A unobtrusive building next to the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the red wall, blue tiles and roof ridge beasts are very beautiful, you can stand at the end of the railing to take photos;
❻Looking up at the sky under the eaves of the west side hall, there is a surprise. The eaves corner and the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests are directly opposite, very artistic;
❼Take a photo from the bottom of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the railing blocks the crowd, lean on the railing, and the three-layer blue roof of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests are also very photogenic;
❽When you leave the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, you can use the hollows of the railings and the door gaps to block the crowd, frame the composition, and need a medium-long focus lens;
❾After leaving the door, you can also avoid the crowd and take photos of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests on the right. It's good to take photos of the building or people;
❶⓪The composition at the entrance of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is very unique. Tourists enter and exit from the side doors on both sides. The middle door is generally not opened, so there are no people here. Stand in front of the red door, the photographer goes down the steps and uses a telephoto lens to take photos;
❶①Walk towards the west gate of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, you will see the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests inside the wall between the two trees on the lawn, another excellent new position with no people;
❶②After leaving the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, walk to the Chengzhen Gate on the way to the Echo Wall, and take a photo of the Imperial Vault of Heaven in the door frame.
🚇: Subway Line 5 Tiantan East Gate Station
🎫: Ticket 15 yuan, joint ticket (including Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, Echo Wall and Circular Mound) 34 yuan
Buy tickets online or scan the code on site, swipe your ID card to enter
🕗: Main gate 6:00-21:00 Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests 8:00-17:00
📌Photo Tips:
🔹The weather is very important if you want to take good photos. Choose a sunny day, blue sky, red wall and glazed tiles, the photos are no less than the Forbidden City;
🔹If you can't get up early and want to take photos of the empty Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, you can visit in reverse, put the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests at the end, and take photos quickly when clearing the field;
🔹It's very large inside, it's quite tiring, remember to wear comfortable shoes;
🔹Wearing Hanfu, national style, horse face skirt and other clothes to take photos will be more matching;
🔹The night view of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is also very unique. The lights are only on every Friday and Saturday and some holidays, don't miss it.
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Cui Chao's tour guide has a good service attitude and detailed explanation. In the Temple of Heaven we visited, he explained the place of sacrifice in detail, and then let me understand how the emperor sacrificed the heavens. He was full of blessings. Next time I will find Xiucai to sign up.
The Temple of Heaven, or 天坛公园 (Tiāntán Gōngyuán), is an iconic historical site located in Beijing, China. Built in the 15th century during the Ming Dynasty, it served as a sacred complex where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties would perform rituals and prayers for good harvests. Today, it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a popular tourist destination, known for its stunning architectural beauty and expansive park grounds. Visitors can explore the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the Circular Mound Altar, and other structures within the park, as well as enjoy leisure activities such as walking, tai chi, and kite flying.
A round building that symbolizes the skyIt is bigger than it looks in the picture.In Beijing, there are many old buildings that value size rather than human scale.
I Love the building here. It's very overwhelming looking at the Temple of Heaven. Reasons to Recommend: You've just gotta come here and see it live in front of you. 😍
I recommend entering the complex just before closing time - you can take photos in the almost empty square in the setting sun. Just remember, it's a big space!
When going to the Temple, you pass the "center of China", so probably the center of the world. Climb on it and worship in the four corners of the world.