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Travel in Xiannong Altar Beijing of China

Travel in Xiannong Altar Beijing of China

Write: Bhuvan [2011-05-23]

Travel in Xiannong Altar  Beijing of China

Open hour

9: 00-16: 00

Ticket

Free

Traffic

Times 17, 20, 36, under Xiannong Altar of No. 54 Bus Stop

Introduce

Xiannong Altar is on the tenth of the twelve Earthly Branches of Yongdingmen street of Xuanwu District. It was the Ming and Qing Dynasties the emperor offered sacrifices to the place of the agricultural spirit first. Xiannong Altar was built in the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty 1420) ,Call the mountains and rivers jar at that time, the ninth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1530) Reconstruct into the god, ground and support two jars. And then there are repairing and newly-increased buildings constantly. Xiannong Altar buildings is the place where the emperor offered sacrifices to all god of all agricultural god and local tyrant first and held ploughing in person in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, opposite to things of the Temple of Heaven, respond to and cooperate with each other across a great distance. Can divide into three, Xiannong Altar (agricultural altar, supernatural the intersection of kitchen and the intersection of storehouse and institute, supernatural the intersection of storehouse and institute first, take hall, view, plough platform, celebrate palace all) ,Local tyrant hall( Local tyrant s hall institute silks stove) with burning Venerate the jar with god. Among them the agricultural altar is that the emperor offers sacrifices to the sacrificial altar of the agricultural spirit first first. In 1916, Xiannong Altar was laid out into the south park of the city. In 1936, built the public stadium of Bei Ping in the southeast corner of former address, and then renamed as Xiannongtan Stadium. There is ancient building museum of Beijing in Xiannong Altar buildings now.
Jar whether bricks and stones build, square one, long and all about 15 meter wide, 1 high. 5 meters, it is eight grades respectively to go out of the flight of steps leading to a palace hall on four sides. Jar the north have between the 5 main hall, enshrine and worship agricultural supernatural memorial tablet first, the east room is the supernatural storehouse, the west room is the supernatural kitchen, the Northwest, for kill the intersection of domestic animal and pavilion, all the south storehouse supernatural and kitchen supernatural have well one of pavilion. The Republic of China changed into a south park of a city for a time in Xiannong Altar for the first time, laid out into the stadium in the southeast corner at the beginning of the thirties, the north becomes market and street. Offer sacrifices to the first agricultural jar, just one of them. The south was the 18th year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty originally 1420) The mountains and rivers jar built, the ninth year of Jiajing (1530) Reconstruct into the god, ground and support two jars. Xiannong Altar was the Ming and Qing Dynasties the imperial family offered sacrifices to the remarkable example of architecture, the royal buildings of Ming Dynasty that building arrangement is basically intact, the material object of the ancient laws and regulations of China s feudal society is witnessed, have higher history and artistic value. Classified as the municipality protected historic site in 1979. Local tyrant s hall, famous local tyrant s jar, lie in the northeast of Xiannong Altar, it is the place for the god offering sacrifices to local tyrant, moon. Between the seven main hall, flat north towards south, enshrine and worship god of the local tyrant in the hall; East side hall in a palace or temple have 11, enshrine and worship June of season of spring and autumn; West side hall in a palace or temple have 11, enshrine and worship will it be will it be June of season winter summer. Watch and plough the platform and lie in the southeast of Xiannong Altar, square mesa, the square stone is paved and paved, there are white marble stone railings around. Southeast three times of the west each there are eight steps. There are 0.067 hectares and three points of fields in front of the platform, it is the place where the emperor ploughs in person. On annual day of the last of the twelve Earthly Branches of midspring, after the emperor finishes offering sacrifices to the gift in Xiannong Altar competently, plough in person on going to the temple of Xiannong Altar to plough one, and view bows of princes, duckes and ministers are ploughed. Celebrate palace lying in Xiannong Altar the east,outside palace enclosure,three palace door in the south, mainly there are five main halls and five back halls, and some other annexes in the enclosure.