Temple of Heaven en · PROPN
Etymology
Calque of Chinese 天壇 /天坛 (Tiāntán, literally “Altar of Heaven”).
Meanings
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A religious complex in southeastern Beijing, formerly important to Chinese imperial rituals; the present-day park surrounding and preserving the site.
Jonah Byrde: Y'know, in third grade, we learned about the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. There are like 600 acres and on the grounds there's this building called the Hall for Prayer for Good Harvests. It's circled by this thing called the Echo Wall. Wendy Byrde: Ok, ok. Jonah Byrde: You can go there and even when people are whispering you just hear the same things repeated over and over and over. Wendy Byrde: Ok, enough. You wanna be a smartass? You want to hate me? Fine.
2022 January 21, Chris Mundy, Ozark, 00:41:05
- (proscribed) The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the largest building in the complex, commonly confused as its focus.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the Temple of Heaven | canonical | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Temple of the Moon · Temple of the Sun · Temple of the Earth
Synonyms
Tien-tan · Altar of Heaven · Tian Tan · Tiantan · T'ien-t'an
Translations (11)
de Himmelstempel (religious complex in Beijing) · vi Thiên Đàn (religious complex in Beijing) · ru Тяньта́нь (religious complex in Beijing) · hi स्वर्ग मंदिर (religious complex in Beijing) · ko 천단 (religious complex in Beijing) · fr Temple du ciel (religious complex in Beijing) · ja 天壇 (religious complex in Beijing) · fi Taivaan temppeli (religious complex in Beijing) · pt Templo do Céu (religious complex in Beijing) · ru Храм Не́ба (religious complex in Beijing) · cmn 天壇 /天坛 (religious complex in Beijing)