• The most promi­nent part of the Tem­ple of Heav­en com­plex, a mas­ter­piece of wood frame con­struc­tion.
• Built dur­ing the reign of the Yon­gle Emper­or of the Ming Dynasty, also respon­si­ble for the con­struc­tion of the For­bid­den City.
• Orig­i­nal­ly built in 1420, the Altar of Prayer was burned down by a fire caused by light­ning in 1889, and then re-built.
• Locat­ed in south­ern Dongcheng Dis­trict, south­east­ern part of cen­tral Bei­jing, Chi­na.

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