最容易被忽视的北京古迹～太庙。宫殿超过太和殿，里面68根金丝楠木【行走世界的北京老刘】

the Ancestral Temple in Beijing

This is the Ancestral Temple(Taimiao) in Beijing, a group of largest and most complete ancestor worship buildings in the world

The main hall here is even taller than the palace hall in the Forbidden City

There are 68 Phoebe zhennan pillars in the hall

There are few tourists here, so let's take you for a walk today

The Ancestral Temple is located on the east side of Tiananmen Square. It was built at the same time as the Forbidden City.

There are few tourists and admission costs 2 yuan

But I still suggest you buy a ten-yuan pass to visit the throne Room

At present, you need to make an appointment one day in advance to visit the Temple

I entered by the south gate

Taimiao was built in 1420 and it has been 600 years since then

It is the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties worship their ancestors

After liberation, it was transformed into the Working People's Cultural Palace

There are now honor lists for advanced figures in the park

I'm pretty much the only one here

There is a cypress tree which is said to be 600 years old

There is a coloured glaze gate in front. Once you enter the coloured glaze gate, there is the whole Taimiao

This is the main entrance of Taimiao, Ji Gate

It's like a hall. Ji is a weapon

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were 120 Jis outside the gate, but they were looted by the Eight-Power Allied Forces in 1900

There are some small buildings on the square of Ji Gate

We now go in from the side door next to Ji Gate, and then we can see the main hall

It is called Xiang Hall. This is the East Side Hall, they inside enshrines the tablets of 13 princes including Dorgon

In earlier times, The Taimiao memorial tablets were dedicated only to emperors

This is West Side Hall, which enshrines ministers who have contributed, including Zhang Tingyu, etc.

Emperors held sacrificial ceremonies in Xiang Hall, which is 68 meters wide and 32.6 meters high

The plaque is 2 meters high and it says Tai Miao in Chinese and Manchu. There are 9 dragons around the word.

It would be the largest surviving palace in China. There are 68 Phoebe Zhennan pillars in the Hall

The colors in the Hall are mainly gold

A set of bronze chimes is also displayed in the Hall

The big pillar has a diameter of 1 meter and a height of 13 meters

The Hall is very impressive, the columns are very expensive, they are now protected

If you are in Beijing, you must visit this Hall

Let's go to the Back. There's Middle Hall and Back Hall

The one on the left is zhongdian, also known as Please electric, please electric face kuo wine room, which is 62 meters long

It is dedicated to the tablets of Qing emperors and empresses.

This is the side hall

Back Hall was built in 1491 and is the same size as Middle Hall. It is also called Tiao Temple

Here are the tablets of the emperor's ancestors

We go out from this small gate. There are more than 100 old trees here, all of them are 300 to 500 years old.

This tree was planted by Zhu Di and has a diameter of 5.5 meters and a height of 13.5 meters.