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1. The secret of the Temple of Heaven lies in the clever use of the Book of Changes.
The location of the Temple of Heaven is because of innate gossip. Beijing built the Temple of Heaven in the south of Beijing's inner city, the Ditan in the north, the Ritan in the east and the Moon Altar in the west. Its theoretical basis is innate gossip in Zhouyi. In the middle of the four altars is the Imperial Capital. It can be seen that the divinatory symbols represented by the altar of heaven, earth, sun and moon, together with the inner city of the old capital Beijing, constitute innate gossip City.
Heaven, Earth, Sun and Moon are the four correct hexagrams in the Eight Diagrams. "Fourth, dry Kun Kan from also. Look at its image, it has not changed repeatedly, so it is right. " -Shao Yong's View of External Things (Note: The "four positive hexagrams" here was initiated by Shao Yong and refers to the four positive hexagrams in innate gossip. Gan Kun's departure represents heaven and earth, sun and moon, north and south, east and west, symbolizing the movement of heaven and earth and the changes of sun and moon. The "four correct hexagrams" in the theory of hexagrams in Han dynasty refers to the truth and the separation, that is, the acquired gossip.
Among the shrines of heaven, earth, sun and moon, the Temple of Heaven is the most respected place. The Temple of Heaven is a sacred place for emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties to pray for heaven, valley, rain in summer and snow in winter. Its purpose is to pray for good weather in the coming year.
The layout of the Temple of Heaven is full of the Book of Changes and hexagrams.
The names of the four gates of the Temple of Heaven come from the hexagrams of "Gan" in the Book of Changes, namely "Yuan, Heng, Li and Zhen".
Second, the reason why the Temple of Heaven is a round place.
China has a reverence for heaven and earth. The ancients thought that the sky was round. Some people imagine that the ground is flat, like a big tray covered with a huge hemispherical dome. Zhang Heng, an ancient astronomer in China, put forward the theory of "Huntian" and thought that "the sky covers the earth and the shell is still yellow". In some people's imagination, the earth is like an egg yolk. Therefore, the shape design of the Temple of Heaven is influenced by the ancient theory of "covering the sky", and the Temple of Heaven is also designed as a "round place".
Two altars, Qiu Qiu and Gucci, were built in the same garden. The ball altar is in the south, where the gods live. The altar of praying for grain is in the north, which is a place to pray for a bumper harvest. According to the concept of the ancients, the structure of heaven and earth is considered as a "round place", so the southern part of the Temple of Heaven wall is square, symbolizing the earth, and the northern part is round, symbolizing the sky. This wall is commonly known as the wall of heaven and earth.
The main buildings of the Temple of Heaven are concentrated on the north-south central axis, and the two altars "Mouqiu" and "Guqi" are also on this axis. The buildings are separated by walls and connected by a stone bridge 360 meters long and 30 meters wide.
Thirdly, the use of auspicious numbers embodies the connotation of "heaven"
The particularity of the Temple of Heaven is reflected in the word "heaven". Therefore, architectural details are everywhere in this supreme "paradise" service.
The scale of the Temple of Heaven and the number of its components are centralized, and the number of "nine" is repeatedly used to symbolize and emphasize the connection with "heaven".
In ancient China, Nine was regarded as the noblest symbol, so the building of the ball altar was closely related to Nine. The center of the ball altar is a round marble (called Tianxin stone). Each layer of the three-layer desktop is paved with 9 circular sector stone slabs from the center to the outside, with 9 circular plates on the upper layer, 27 circular plates on the second ring 1 circular plate, 27 circular plates on the third ring and 8 1 circular plate on the ninth ring. The middle layer is from 90 blocks of 10 ring to 162 blocks of 18 ring; The lower layer is from 19 ring 17 1 to 243 of ring 27. There are 378 9s on the third floor, totaling 3,402 * *, symbolizing the ninth heaven.
Fourthly, the Temple of Heaven reflects the astronomical view of China people through the scale of architecture.
In the center of the Hall of Prayer for the New Year, there are four tall pillars, symbolizing that there are four seasons in a year: spring, summer, autumn and winter. There are 12 gold pillars in the middle layer, symbolizing 12 months of a year. The outer 12 eaves column symbolizes 12 hours of a year. The middle and outer layers add up to 24 floors, symbolizing 24 festivals a year. The three floors add up to ***28, symbolizing the twenty-eight stars on Sunday.
Together with the first eight reconnaissance columns, there are 36, symbolizing the 36-day plough. The Leigongzhu in the center of the hall is a symbol of the emperor's "unification of the world".
The circumference of the circular mound altar is 160.2 feet, and the total height is 5 meters, which is divided into three layers: upper, middle and lower. It also stipulates the number of stone tablets engraved with patterns on the four-sided stone fence. The first floor has 45 boards on each side and 180 boards on each side, which consists of 12 9s. On the third floor, each side 18 railing, four sides with 72 railings, consists of 8 9s. The total number of railings on the third floor is 360, which is exactly 360 for a "Sunday" in the calendar.