Temple of Heaven Tickets, Beijing, Entrance Fee & Opening Hours

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Important Notice

Ticket Price

1.Free of charge for children under 18 years old. Kindly present your passport to the staff at the entrance for verification.
2.Free of charge for visitors over 60, please present your passport to the staff at the entrance for verification.
3.Minors between 18-25 years old enjoy half price.

Reservation

1.The tickets are released 7 days in advance; we will book the tickets for you as soon as they are available.
2.Your valid Passport/ID information is required for booking, and one person could only book one ticket per day.

How to Book and Use

1.Book & pay online, get email confirmation with QR code, show QR code at the entrance.
2.Travelers in one order should enter the site together.
3.The ticket is only valid for the selected visiting date.

Park Opening Times

Main Gate: 6:30-22:00
Attractions in the park 8:00-18:00

The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and other attractions in the park are closed on Mondays (except legal holidays).

The lighting of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is turned on on Fridays, Saturdays and the evenings of major holidays. The lights are turned on at the same time as the municipal street lights, and turned off at 21:00.

Change & Cancellation

1.Free cancellation if sending the request by email 24 hours before the designated entry date.
2.After the ticket is issued, service fee is non-refundable.
3.Partial cancellation is not accepted, tickets in one order have to be cancelled together.

About Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven is the world's largest ceremonial building complex. The emperors worshipped heaven and prayed for harvest there in Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911 AD). It is a treasure of ancient Chinese architecture as well as a true portrayal of the ancient oriental civilization. In 1998, it was recognized as World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.

Attractions you shouldn’t miss in the Temple of Heaven:

Altar of Prayer for Good Harvests

It is for praying for good harvest in the first lunar month. It is 38.2 meters (125.3 feet) high and has a diameter of 24.2 meters (79.4 feet).

Echo Wall

The Echo Wall is the circular wall of Imperial Vault of Heaven. It has the effect of echo. If two persons stand respectively under the east wall and the west wall and speak softly toward the north, they can clearly hear the echo of their words.

Circular Mound Altar

The emperors worshipped the Heaven there on the winter solstice every year. The number of stone steps, stone slabs and stones of each tier are all in multiples of nine, which emphasizes the supremacy of the Heaven as nine is considered a positive number showing emperors’ dignity. There is the Heaven Heart Stone at the center of top tier. When people stand on the stone and speak, the voice sounds extremely sonorous.

Echo Wall

Heaven Heart Stone

Danbi Bridge

It is the oldest overpass in Beijing, higher in the north and lower in the south. There are 3 lanes on the bridge respectively for the emperors, the Emperor of Heaven and the ministers from east to west in ancient time.

Additional Info

Address:

No. 7, Inter Tiantan Dongli, Dongcheng District, Beijing

How to get to the Temple of Heaven in Beijing

By subway:

Take the subway line 5 and get off at the Tiantan Dongmen Station, get out from Exit A.

By bus:
Take the bus 2, 20, 36, 53, 71, 72, 90, 93, 120, 622 and get off at Tiantan West Gate Station.
Take the bus 6, 34, 35, 36, 72, 106, 110 and get off at Tiantan North Gate Station.
Take the bus 36, 53, 122, 525, 958, special 11, special 12 and get off at Tiantan South Gate Station.
Take the bus 6, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 43, 60, 72, 116, 128, 525, 599, 684 and get off at Fahua Temple Station, which is at the East Gate of Tiantan.

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Altar of Prayer for Good Harvests

Echo Wall

Circular Mound Altar

Danbi Bridge