The Seven Star Stone

Seven Star Stone is located in the grass field southeast of the 72nd Promenade of the Temple of Heaven. It is a seven giant town stone arranged according to the orientation of the Beidou Qixing. It was built in Ming Jiajing nine years (1520), and the stone has mountain-shaped grains.

Seven Star Stone is near the east gate of Temple of Heaven Park, and on the lawn on the east side of the Temple of Prayer is also the town stone of the Temple of Prayer. During the Ming Dynasty, seven boulders were placed here, imitating the seven peaks of Mount Tai. The stones have grains, which show the shape of the peaks; Later, the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and placed a boulder on the edge of the seven stars stone, indicating that satisfaction is also part of the Chinese family. Now this place is particularly interesting, become the elderly to find the target of the "blind date corner", many elderly people with children's materials here to exchange with each other, really "poor parents in the world"!

Seven Star Stone in the site southeast of the 72nd Promenade of the Temple of Heaven, is according to the Beidou seven stars in the position of seven boulders, Qing Dynasty in the northeast added a small stone, indicating that they do not forget their ancestral origin, so seven Star Stone is actually composed of seven major and one small total of eight stones.

Entering the east gate of the Temple of Heaven, there is a lawn with eight boulders on it. The boulder is very ordinary, but it is also a must-have for tour groups, and the tour guide will tell stories here. Explanation on the explanation, Ming Jiajing years, in the southeast of the tycoon hall placed rectangular town stone seven, engraved mountain grain, the zircon system meteorite, is actually a meaning of Taishan seven peaks. After the Manchu people entered the Central Plains, in order to show that the Manchu people were also a member of Huaxia, Qianlong Emperor Zhaoling added a stone in the northeast, with Huaxia family and the meaning of the river and mountains. Now in addition to the story, Qixingshi is an obvious sign for everyone to date.

From the east gate of Temple of Heaven Park, you can see the seven stars about 500 meters, according to the orientation of the seven stars of the Beidou, there is a small stone in their northeast, a total of eight stones.