Palace of Abstinence
Palace of Abstinence is a scenic area in Beijing, China.
Visitor information
- Also known as
- 斋宫
- City
- Beijing
- Coordinates
- 39.8783359, 116.4006653
About Palace of Abstinence
Zhai Palace is located inside the West Altar Gate of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. It was a place where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties fasted before offering sacrifices to heaven. The Zhai Palace was built in the 18th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420). It was modeled after the Zhai Palace in Nanjing's Tiandi Altar, covering an area of about 40,000 square meters. The building complex faces east from the west and adopts a double wall structure. There are 167 cloisters around the inner wall. The main hall is a beamless hall, covered with green glazed tiles to show the gift of surrender to heaven. In front of the hall, there are a bronze fasting man pavilion and a time stele pavilion. The bronze man holding a "fasting" sign imitates the image of Wei Zheng in the Tang Dynasty.
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