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  2. Temple of Heaven - Wikipedia

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    The temple complex was constructed from 1406 to 1420 during the reign of the Yongle Emperor of Ming Dynasty, who was also responsible for the construction of the Forbidden City in Beijing. It is currently located in Dongcheng Beijing, China. The complex was extended and renamed Temple of Heaven during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor in the ...

  3. Gate of Heavenly Purity - Wikipedia

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    ᠮᡝᠨ kiyan cing men) is the main gate of the Inner Court of the Forbidden City, in Beijing, China. The gate once led people to Forbidden City's residential quarters. [1] [2] It is connected to the Palace of Heavenly Purity, and near the Gate of Thriving Imperial Clan. Two gilded Chinese lion sculptures are installed outside the gate. [3]

  4. Palace of Heavenly Purity - Wikipedia

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    The most significant building in the Forbidden City, the Hall of Supreme Harmony, has 10 statuettes. [6] A caisson is set into the roof, featuring a coiled dragon. Above the throne hangs a tablet with a right-to-left script reading zhèng dà guāng míng ( 正大光明 ), penned by the Shunzhi Emperor .

  5. Palace of Earthly Tranquility - Wikipedia

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    ᡤᡠᠩ kun ning gung) is the northernmost of the three main halls of the Inner Court of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. The other two halls are the Palace of Heavenly Purity and Hall of Union. The color red is prominently displayed in the palace as it is the color of love, sex, and reproduction in China.

  6. Circular Mound Altar - Wikipedia

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    Each terrace has four entrances and a flight of nine steps leading down in every direction. These nine steps represent the nine layers of heaven and emphasize heaven’s extreme importance. The diameter of the altar is a total of 450 ft. This is linked to jiu wu zhi zun (九五之尊) as 45 = 9x5. The arrangement of putting number nine and five ...

  7. Exposition Park, Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    The historic Mission Revival style Exposition Club House, a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.. A total of 31,062 residents counted in its 1.85 square miles, which is including the park land as well as Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum according to the 2000 U.S. census—an average of 16,819 people per square mile among the highest population densities for both the city and the county.

  8. 2 brothers were killed as they sat in their car in Exposition ...

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    (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times) Prosecutors announced murder charges Monday against a 33-year-old man who allegedly shot and killed two brothers earlier this month near Exposition Park.

  9. Temple of Earth - Wikipedia

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    At 42.7 hectares (106 acres), it is the second largest of the five Temples of Beijing behind only the Temple of Heaven. It was built in 1530 during the Ming dynasty . Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties would attend the annual summer solstice ritual of offerings to the heaven.