天坛祈年殿 The Temple of Heaven -Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest

杨健宁, on February 24, 2007, said:

大家有机会看看我在google earth上的3D地标

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=a752828ffe368d75e9ecd6a7ac7f3acf

谢谢

john.y2046, on March 10, 2007, said:

看了！很不错，你是做什么工作的？艺术类的吗？

john.y2046, on March 10, 2007, said:

看了！很不错，你是做什么工作的？艺术类的吗？我叫杨健华，在做和艺术有关的工作，我们的名字很相近哦！呵呵......

杨健宁, on March 12, 2007, said:

不是艺术类，嘿嘿。不过对北京老建筑特有兴趣，真巧，名字这么相近。我看到你在广东的照片了，那个楼跟北京的建筑很相似 还有猫也很可爱。

john.y2046, on March 13, 2007, said:

谢谢！那是我现在住的地方，一处别墅。我的猫叫“米米“，她在过年的初三早上走了，她是很可爱！很想念她，她才刚刚8个月，你看到是去年6月份她20 天时的照片！有时间的话多交流！可以吗？我的MSN: hongse2046@hotmail.com

futureyi, on May 26, 2007, said:

看到了不少你的照片 植物园到颐和园再到北海，天坛....

照的真强，是专业人士？

杨健宁, on May 26, 2007, said:

TO:futureyi 谢谢 我跟我的像机都不是专业的 只是跟喜欢老北京 哈哈 大家喜欢我就很开心啦 谢谢你的支持

antreas, on June 6, 2007, said:

kali

antreas, on June 6, 2007, said:

καλη

fengerzh, on August 5, 2007, said:

我是先看到你在Google Earth里的三维天坛图，后来又在Panoramio上看到你照的颐和园照片才来到你这里的。天坛那个做的真不错。真希望能有更多的同好来一起把北京全做成三维的。可是想问一下，您做那个用了多长时间？是不是需要很多的素材呢？

杨健宁, on August 5, 2007, said:

好久没来啦 嘿嘿 祈年殿呀 其实没用多少时间 我是大年29那天下载的那个3D的软件 大年三十值班没事干 就试了试 连试带用一天就做好啦 不很难 fengerzh兄有空也可以试试做做 很简单的 至于素材嘛 我很喜欢老北京的建筑物 照片自然有的是 随便裁剪一些贴在模型上就OK了 这些天有些忙 一直没来 大家也努力做做吧 北京其实很漂亮的（不包括国家大剧院 那个比较讨厌）

ffreedom, on April 12, said:

China and Tibet are brothers - O.K.Olimpiada is world feast - O.K.But how Your can get Feast when Your brother cry???

杨健宁, on April 14, said:

TO ffreedom：麻烦你找人翻译一下 我崇尚友好对政治不感兴趣。

fengerzh, on April 16, said:

他就是个傻逼，你可以看到他在很多别人的照片里都留下了一模一样的言论。你直接把他的留言删掉就是了。

® roussy.dir.bg, on May 8, said:

fengerzh 你知道多为什么不写他的名字，但像其他中国和拉丁美洲以书面形式向他呢？

杨健宁, on May 8, said:

To fengerzh: Roussy Ivanov是我这两天在GE上刚认识的保加利亚朋友，呵呵 我也不清楚他在说什么，它用google翻译的中文。你也可以跟他交流交流。希望大家都能做朋友。

fengerzh, on May 25, said:

I think Roussy can understand English.

Hey, Roussy,

what are you talking about?

roussy.dir.bg, on May 8, said:

fengerzh 你知道多为什么不写他的名字，但像其他中国和拉丁美洲以书面形式向他呢？

® roussy.dir.bg, on May 26, said:

I talk about Your pictures and its names and Your name. The pictures names are in Chinese and We don`t understand nothing, but Your name is in English. It will be better if the names of the pictures to be in English.

杨健宁, on May 28, said:

TO:roussy.dir.bg,Thank you for your suggestion. "天坛祈年殿"is the Chinese name of this building.

杨健宁, on May 28, said:

The Temple of Heaven is a worthwhile visiting place in Beijing. It is much bigger than the Forbidden City and smaller than the Summer Palace with an area of about 2,700,000 square meters. The Temple was built in 1420 A.D. during the Ming Dynasty to offer sacrifice to Heaven. As Chinese emperors called themselves "The Son of Heaven" ,they dared not to build their own dwelling,"Forbidden City" bigger than a dwelling for Heaven.

The Temple of Heaven is enclosed with a long wall. The northern part within the wall is semicircular symbolizing the heavens and the southern part is square symbolizing the earth. The northern part is higher than the southern part. This design shows that the heaven is high and the earth is low and the design reflected an ancient Chinese thought of "The heaven is round and the earth is square".

The Temple is divided by two enclosed walls into inner part and outer part. The main buildings of the Temple lie at the south and north ends of the middle axis line of the inner part. The most magnificent buildings are The Circular Mound Altar (Yuanqiutan), Imperial Vault of Heaven (Huangqiongyu) and Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest (Qiniandian) from south to north. Also, there are some additional buildings like Three Echo Stones and Echo Wall.Almost all of the buildings are connected by a wide bridge called Vermilion Steps Bridge (Danbiqiao) or called Sacred Way.

The Circular Altar has three layered terraces with white marble. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368 A.D. - 1911 A.D.), the emperors would offer sacrifice to Heaven on the day of the Winter Solstice every year. This ceremony was to thank Heaven and hope everything would be good in the future. The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest is a big palace with round roof and three layers of eaves. Inside the Hall are 28 huge posts. The four posts along the inner circle represent four seasons-spring, summer, autumn and winter; the 12 posts along the middle circle represent the 12 months; and 12 posts along the outer circle represent 12 Shichen (Shichen is a means of counting time in ancient China. One Shichen in the past equaled two hours and a whole day was divided into 12 Shichens). The roof is covered with black, yellow and green colored glaze representing the heavens, the earth and everything on earth. The Hall has a base named Altar for Grain Prayers which is made of three layers of white marble and has a height of six meters. Another important building in Temple of Heaven is Imperial Vault of Heaven. If you look at it from far away, you will find that the Vault is like a blue umbrella with gold head. The structure of it is like that of Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest, but smaller in size. The structure was made of bricks and timber. The Vault was used to place memorial tablets of Gods. White marble railings surround the vault.

The Vermilion Steps Bridge connects the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest and the Imperial Vault of Heaven. The south end of the Bridge is lower than its north end. The emperors in the past believed that they could go to heaven through this Bridge, which is why this bridge is also called Sacred Way. A Yu Route and a Wang Route are on two sides of the Sacred Way. The former one is only for the emperors to walk on and the later one is for the princes and the high officials to pass.

ansory, 15 days ago, said:

看了你的三D天坛祈年殿,真的很棒啊!!!来自北京的问候!