Temple of Heaven China

inside




the walls all made of wood




not allowed inside so had to take photos through doorway

outside




only the Emporer was allowed to stand on it when he prayed to heaven




No chance olf just photographing the stone, they all wanted to stand on it

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Incredible pictures, realspeed. What a beautiful building.

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Yes, I agree Tabs.

Realspeed in the first picture, what's the blue square at the top?

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chinese writing I suppose


ot loads of photos if your interested, Even a photo of the only glass display cabinate with Jade in the glass. No one knows how they did it

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Get away!

Thank you for enlarging it. Wasn't sure if it was a window or not.

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lot of not normally seen photos of the terra cotta army
as discovered 15 ft down

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terfra cotta horses and men under repair

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extremely rare pink jade, let alone carved as horses (all one piece, behind glass)