The Temple of Earth Park

The Temple of Earth Park is located on the east side of Andingmen Outer Street in Beijing, adjacent to the North Second Ring Road and facing the Yonghe Palace across the river. The Beijing Wax Museum, which was built in 1990, is located in the Zhaigong. When it was first built, there were 1,476 acres of protective land outside the altar, and the total area inside the altar was 640 acres. It is now a cultural relic protection unit in Beijing. The Temple of Earth, also known as Fangze Altar, is the second largest altar among the five altars in the ancient capital of Beijing. It was built in the ninth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1530) and was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties worshipped the "Emperor of the Earth". It is also the largest existing altar for worshipping the earth in China. The total area of the altar is 37.4 hectares, which is square. The entire building, from the whole to the part, is designed according to the ancient Chinese concepts of "heaven is round and the earth is square", "heaven is blue and the earth is yellow", "south of heaven and north of earth", "dragon and phoenix", "Qian and Kun" and other traditional and symbolic legends. The existing buildings in the Temple of Earth include Fangze Altar, Huangqi Room, Zai Sheng Pavilion, Zhai Palace, Shen Ku and other ancient buildings.