Can you tell me the historical significance of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing? I want to go there and see it.

The Temple of Heaven is located on the east side of Yongdingmennei Street Road in Chongwen District, Beijing. It was originally a place where emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties worshiped the Emperor and God. It was first built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420). After continuous renovation and expansion, it was finally completed during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. The Temple of Heaven covers an area of ??2.73 million square meters. Its main buildings include the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the Circular Mound, the Imperial Vault, the Zhai Palace, the Divine Music Department, and the Sacrifice House. It was established as a park in 1918. The Temple of Heaven is divided into two parts: the inner and outer altars. The inner altar is composed of two parts: the circular mound and the praying for grain altar. The northern part of the inner altar is the praying for grain altar, and the south of the inner altar is the circular mound altar. A 360-meter-long Danbi Bridge connects the two altars. The main buildings of the two altars are concentrated at both ends of Danbi Bridge. There are circular mounds and imperial vaults at the south end of Danbi Bridge, and there are the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and the Hall of Emperor Qian at the north end. Danbi Bridge, also known as Haijiao Avenue, is a huge brick elevated commercial road and the main axis of the Temple of Heaven building. On the east side of Danbi Bridge, there are ancillary buildings suitable for the worship function of the Temple of Heaven: the slaughtering pavilion, the divine kitchen, the divine storehouse, etc. On the west side of Danbi Bridge is the Zhai Palace. The Zhai Palace was the place where the emperor fasted before the heaven-sacrifice ceremony. The outer altar is a forest area with widely planted trees. There is a Divine Music Department in the southwest of the outer altar, which was a place for practicing ritual music and training students for ritual music and dance during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Both the Divine Music Department and the Zhai Palace are ancillary buildings to the altar and serve as service rooms for the sacrificial ceremony. The Forbidden City and the Divine Music Department are located west to east, and their architectural specifications, tile colors, and decorative paintings are inferior to those of the Temple of Heaven. Architecture strongly expresses the ancient Chinese idea of ??"respecting heaven". There are more than 3,500 ancient pines, cypresses and locust trees in the Temple of Heaven, which are more than hundreds of years old. In ancient China, the altar and temple were hailed as the "eternal" foundation of the country. Therefore, ancient China attached great importance to the planting of trees in the altar and temple. When the Temple of Heaven and Earth in Beijing was first built in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the "trees were made of pines and cypresses" with the meaning of "respect and recognize them". Later, successive dynasties replanted the trees, and by the middle of the Qing Dynasty, a large-scale community of ancient trees in the Temple of Heaven was formed. A large number of ancient pines and cypresses are distributed around the circular mound, the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and other sacrificial buildings. The green ancient trees, ancient buildings and lush green grass together constitute the solemn, solemn, quiet and profound environmental atmosphere of the Temple of Heaven. From the time when the Temple of Heaven and Earth in Beijing was first built in 1420, the 18th year of Yongle reign in the Ming Dynasty, the history of the Temple of Heaven as a special altar for emperors to worship the Emperor and God has lasted for more than 490 years. The Revolution of 1911 that broke out in 1911 ended more than 2,000 years of feudalism in China. The imperial system also ended the 5,000-year history of sacrificial offerings throughout Chinese history. The Temple of Heaven, which was dedicated to the emperor's sacrificial services, was now "open to anyone to visit." In 1918, the government of the Republic of China turned the Temple of Heaven into a park and opened it to the public for ticket sales. In 1951, the Beijing Municipal Government established the Temple of Heaven Management Office. In 1957, the Temple of Heaven was included in the first batch of ancient cultural relics protection units in Beijing. In 1961, it was included in the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council. In recent years, the Temple of Heaven’s cultural relics protection and landscaping work have made great progress. After the reform and opening up, the protection of cultural relics in the Temple of Heaven has been taken seriously, and management in all aspects has been strengthened. A large number of non-landscape buildings have been cleaned up, the resident units have been moved out, and the occupied ancient buildings have been vacated. After the 1980s, successive The maintenance and repair of the ancient buildings in the altar have been completed, and the infrastructure construction in the park has also been further improved. In 1992, 24 damaged star gates inside and outside the Circular Mound Altar were repaired. In 1993, the circular mound light pole was rebuilt. Later, the northeastern outer altar wall was successively rebuilt, and the Nanshen Kitchen, Sanku, and Slaughter Pavilion were rebuilt. In order to maintain the beautiful environment and sacrificial atmosphere of the Temple of Heaven, on the one hand, the Temple of Heaven promotes landscaping management of natural lawns, and on the other hand, large areas of artificial lawns are planted, trees are planted to increase green coverage, and non-polluting methods of preventing and controlling plant diseases and insect pests are used to protect plants, which is extremely important. The earth has improved the ecological environment of the Temple of Heaven, forming a magnificent landscape of fragrant grass and towering ancient cypresses. The Temple of Heaven Park currently covers an area of ??2.05 million square meters. It preserves four groups of ancient buildings: the Altar of Prayer for Grain, the Altar of Circular Mounds, the Zhai Palace, and the Divine Music Department. There are 92 ancient buildings with more than 600 rooms. It is the largest existing building in China and the world. The most complete ancient architectural complex for worshiping heaven. There are also ancient monuments such as Jiulong Cypress, Qixing Stone, Ganquan Well, Wangdeng, and Feiqiaokan in the Temple of Heaven.

There are more than 60,000 trees of various kinds in the Temple of Heaven Park, as well as more than 3,500 ancient pines, cypresses, and locust trees. The green space covers an area of ??1.63 million square meters. The environment is forested and quiet, and the atmosphere is solemn and solemn. The majestic Hall of Prayer for Harvest, the holy and lofty circle, and the elegant and solemn Zhai Palace are all located among thousands of trees, forming a unique temple garden landscape. The Temple of Heaven has become a world-famous scenic spot integrating ancient Chinese architecture, acoustics, history, astronomy, music, dance and other achievements. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee commented on the Temple of Heaven: The Temple of Heaven is a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design, a simple and distinct reflection of one of the world's great civilizations. In 1998, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee included the Temple of Heaven in the World Heritage List. The Temple of Heaven's unique historical and cultural connotations, valuable scientific and artistic values, and beautiful garden landscapes have gained wider recognition and attention from the world. The Temple of Heaven is the altar of ancient Chinese emperors and the crystallization of China's long-standing culture of worshiping heaven. Its magnificent architecture, green ancient trees, and rich collection of cultural relics not only record the aspirations and hopes of ancient Chinese ancestors, but also record the aspirations of feudal emperors. Wisdom, stupidity and decay.