The custom of heaven worship dates back to Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC – 221 BC). According to experts, heaven worship was standardized in the Tang Dynasty (618 -907) and was considered the most important ...

I sat in the side balcony of our local church for the World Communion Sunday service. This is where I worship with my wife when I am not on the road serving the seminary. We chose the balcony when our ...

After a three-year break, Beijing 's Temple of Heaven is once again holding its Heaven worship ceremony during this year's Spring Festival. The 90-minute show includes the royal procession parade, ...

In 1420 the Emperor Zhu Di had decided to move the national capital to Beijing. But the capital city needed an altar to Heaven. So the construction of the altar, later known as Temple of Heaven, was ...

Q: What happens to us in the first minute after we die? Do we enter heaven immediately, or do our souls go into some kind of a sleep until the end of time, when our souls and our bodies will be ...

The Temple of Heaven, or Tiantan in Chinese, is the largest existing complex of ancient sacrificial buildings in China. It is a masterpiece of royal sacrificial buildings complexes and one of the best ...

The Temple of Heaven was the place where the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties would worship Heaven and pray for bumper crops. The northern part of the outer surrounding wall is semi-circular in ...

The Temple of Heaven in the southern part of Beijing is China's largest existing complex of ancient sacrificial buildings. Occupying an area of 273 hectares, it is three times the area of the ...