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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Beijing, Beijing Shi (municipality), Chinaen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1530 (creation); 1752 (alteration)en_US
dc.creatorMing Shizong, Emperor of Chinaen_US
dc.creatorQianlong, Emperor of Chinaen_US
dc.date1530en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-19T20:34:10Z
dc.date.available2013-12-19T20:34:10Z
dc.date.issued1530en_US
dc.identifier242365en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2922en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/150661
dc.descriptionPathway between enclosure all on the right and the tower area, with pergola arching overhead; A single-gabled circular building, built on a single level of marble stone base. It is located south of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and resembles it, but is smaller. It is surrounded by a smooth circular wall, the Echo Wall (3.7 m high, 193 m circumference), that can transmit sounds over large distances. Built in 1530 during the Ming Dynasty reign of Emperor Jiajing (Ming Shizong or Zhu Houcong); rebuilt in present form in 1752 by Emperor QianLong (Qing dynasty). The east and west annexes and the vault inside the Echo Wall compound were used to hold divine tablets of various gods worshipped at the Circular Mound Altar, spirit tablets of ancestors, and other ceremonial objects. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 6/3/2013)en_US
dc.format.mediummarble; painted wood; stone; ceramic tile roofen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjecthttp://www.beijingbuzzz.com/temple_of_heaven/tt5.htmlen_US
dc.subjectMingen_US
dc.subjectQingen_US
dc.titleImperial Vault of Heavenen_US
dc.title.alternative皇穹宇en_US
dc.title.alternativeHuangqiongyuen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-CH-B-AH-B65en_US
vra.culturalContextChineseen_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes), construction (assembling), fabrication attributes: ceramics, painting and painting techniquesen_US
vra.worktypetempleen_US
dc.contributor.displayMing Shizong, Emperor of China (Chinese patron, 1507-1566); Qianlong, Emperor of China (Chinese patron, 1711-1799)en_US


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