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The Temple of Heaven Today今天的天坛
The Temple of Heaven has been converted into a park that is popular both with tourists and locals. The park was first opened to the public in 1912 and commoners who had previously been banned from even watching the emperor's procession pass through the city to Tiantan, were now permitted to visit the Temple of Heaven themselves. 天坛开放为公园后十分手国内外游客的喜爱。 公园第一次开放是在1912年，以前的平民甚至都不允许观看皇帝的队伍穿过城市到天坛，现在大家都可以尽情参观天坛。
The Temple of Heaven is a very large park, more than twice the size of the Forbidden City. As this was to be the space representing Heaven on Earth, symbolically it needed to be bigger than the Forbidden City. It is about 2 kilometers from north to south. The inner walled area that houses the main structures covers 275 Hectares (2.75 million square meters). Indeed, it is the largest group of constructions for worship in the world. The Temple of Heaven is a delightful and exquisite place to spend some time. Arrive in the early morning to watch the TaiChi experts, although the park is lively all day and into the evening with kite flyers, musicians, singers, dancers and games players (from badmington to chinese chess). Especially popular as a gathering place is the Long Corridor near the New East Gate. 天坛是一个非常大的公园，比故宫大两倍多。在这个空间可以说是人间的天堂，所以象征性的也一定要比紫禁城大些。它南北大概两千米，墙内的主要建筑面积大概275公顷（2.75平方米）。之际上，它是世界上最大的祭拜建筑群体。 天坛是一个优美而令人愉悦的地方，在这可以放松和消遣时间。在清晨你可以看到练太极的行家，这个公园一整天都是活跃的，傍晚时有放风筝的、弹奏的、演唱的、跳舞的、玩游戏的（从麻将到象棋）。最受欢迎的地方是长廊那，靠近新东门。
The Temple of Heaven lies not far south from ChongWenMen subway station (25 minutes if walk). 天坛位于崇文门地铁站以南不远（走路25分钟）
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The Four Main Structures at the Temple of Heaven
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