【正文】 age 360 meters long, which the emperor also took to proceed to the broad northsouth walkway, called Danbiqiao(Red Stairway bridge), connects the two sets of main building in the Temple of Heaven and constitutes a single passage is divided into left, control and right paths by the cross arrangement of central and widest path is known as Heavenly Thoroughfare, which was reserved exclusively for God。on the second stone, the sound will be heard twice。第一篇：北京天壇導(dǎo)游詞導(dǎo)游詞 壇 ——英文導(dǎo)游辭(Inside the South Gate of the Temple of Heaven)Ladies and Gentlemen:Wele to the Temple of Heaven.(After selfintroduction)preserved cultural heritages of are basically two kinds of visitors who e here: local pensioners who do exercises here in the morning and evening and sightseers both from home and in all, there are 12 million visitors very we are going to go along the route that leads to the will take roughly one you, the emperor also walked along this route to pay tribute to the God of Heaven.(Along the Southern Sacred Road leading to the Circular Mound Altar)The largest group of architectures ever to be dedicated to Heaven, the Temple of Heaven served as an exclusive altar for Chinese monarchs during the Ming and Qing was decreed that rulers of successive dynasties would place altars in their own capitals to worship Heaven and pray for good why?The ancient Chinese believed that Heaven was the supreme ruler of the universe and the fate of mankind, and thus worshiping rites dedicated to Heaven came into Heaven the ancient Chinese referred to was actually the Universe, or those days, there were specific rites of was especially true during the Ming and Qing dynasties when elaborate ceremonies were Temple of Heaven was built in 1420 during the reign of Emperor Yongle of the Ming in the southern part of the city, this grand set of structures covers an area of 273 better symbolize heaven and earth, the northern part of the Temple is circular while the southern part is whole pound is enclosed by two walls, a square wall outside a round outer area is characterized by suburban scenery, while the inner part is used for inner enclosure consists of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest and the Circular Mound Altar.(Along the Imperial Passage leading from the Southern Lattice Star Gate in front of the Circular Mound Altar)The Circular Mound Altar is enclosed by two walls, each containing four groups of Southern Lattice Star Gate, each in turn consisting of three doors, with 24 marble doors on the passage facing north, you will notice that with each pair of doors on is narrower than the reflects the feudal hierarchy: the wider door was reserved for monarchs, while the narrower one was used by the day of the ceremony, the emperor would don his ritual costume and be ushered in by the official in charge of religious ascended the three terraces in the forefront to pay tribute at the altar.(Atop the Circular Mound Alter)We are now on the top terrace of the Altar, or the third terrace has a flight of 9 the center of this terrace lies a round stone surrounded by 9 the center of this terrace lies a round stone surrounded by 9 concentric rings of number of stones in the first ring is 9, in the second, 18, up to 81 in the 9th the number of carved balustrades on these terraces is a multiple of why?According to ancient Chinese philosophy, yin and yang were two opposing and the odd numbers belonged to yang while the Earth and even numbers belonged to was the largest heavenly number accessible to is more, the ancient people also believed that heaven consisted of nine layers and that the emperor` s abode was on the uppermost more look at the round stone in the upper terrace is nine zhang(a Chinese unit of length, one zhang equals meters)in circumference, while the middle is 15 zhang, the lower, 21 as yang numbers, the sum of these numerals is 45 zhang which was meant to symbolized is more, by applying the concept of odd numbers and strengthening nine and its multiples, the concept of heaven was thus illustrated and concept of nine will also be mentioned when we visit some other I will give you a brief account of what happened here annually on the Inter memorial tablet dedicated to Heaven would be set up on the north side of the terrace。while tablets dedicated to the emperor `s ancestors would be enshrined on the service would begin around 4 o` clock in the of the lanterns would be the foreground, a sacrificial calf is being the square in front of the altar, the emperor, under heavy escort of nearly a thousand courtiers, princes of royal blood, musicians, dancers and uniformed soldiers, would slowly ascend the altar to offer sacrifice and pray in honor of the service drew to a close, the sacrifice offered in front of the memorial