Temple of the Earth

On the second day of the New Year, I came to punch in the Ditan Temple Fair. It was really crowded, and I felt that I was pushed in and pushed out. Tickets are 10 yuan, discount tickets are 5 yuan, meat skewers are 30, big salmon is 30, fried noodles 25, enema 20/30, tea soup 30, game items are basically 30 once. Market homogenization is basically windmills, masks, face people what the price is super high a paper windmill has to be dozens of large.

Ditan Books Market is back. Since Yongle 19 years (1421 AD), Mingcheng ancestors moved to Beijing, and established the planning pattern of Beijing City in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. As a capital city of nearly 500 years in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Beijing has gradually formed the Temple culture of the "Nine Temples and Eight Temples", of which the "Nine Temples" include the Temple of Heaven, the Temple of the Earth, The Temple of the Sun, the Moon, the Shezhu Temple, the Taisun Temple, the Prayer Valley Temple, the First Farmer Temple, the First Silkworm Temple, the "Eight Temples" include the Tai Temple, the Temple of Literature, the Temple of Emperors of all ages, the Lama Temple, the Fengxian Temple, the Shouhuang Palace, the Transcendental Temple, and the Temple of the Tangzi. Among the "Nine Temples", the Temple of Heaven is undoubtedly the largest and highest-status. There were 22 emperors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties who held more than 600 sacrifices in the Temple of Heaven, and the Temple of Heaven is still one of the landmark buildings in Beijing until now. The second place in the "Nine Tanks" is the altar of the earth, also known as the "Fangze Tan", which is the largest altar of sacrifice in China. The altar was built in Ming Jiajing nine years (1530 AD). The two dynasties of the Ming and Qing Dynasties held more than 400 sacrifices here. The masonry on the altar was specially set to an even number, and the even number was a "yin number", which was consistent with the statement of "Tianyang and Diyin". The ancient Ming Dynasty trees, which have been more than 400 years old, stand around the altar, which is spectacular. For those who live in Beijing all year round, the altar has another special status: the almost annual Temple Fair and the Temple Book Market. The Ditan Temple Fair can be said to be the largest, most hot and most influential temple fair in Beijing. The entire Ditan Park is full of a variety of food, small commodities, entertainment stalls, although the quality, price and hygiene of the snacks sold at the temple fair are all "worried". But I didn’t go to the Ditan Temple Fair for the New Year. I always feel that the “year taste” is a bit worse, so every year’s Ditan Temple Fair is always rubbing shoulders, people are crowded by everyone, but it has been suspended for three years since the beginning of the epidemic, right? Speaking of Ditan Book Market, it is another "highlight moment" in Ditan Park. The city's bookstores and publishers will be concentrated here. The price is also quite favorable. You can see so many discounted books at the same time in a book market, and the book category is also comprehensive. This is definitely a "festival" for readers, so the passenger flow to the Ditan Book Market is at some times as good as the Ditan Temple Fair. The Ditan Book Market began in 1997 and was closed until 2012, and the reason for the shutdown is mainly the impact of online stores and e-books. This year, after more than ten years, Ditan Book Market is back, for people who have visited Ditan Book Market for more than ten years, of course, they have to go and see it! During the book market, you can see the dense stalls when you enter the park. Although today is a working day, there are still many people visiting the book market. Many popular stalls are crowded. I found the feeling of visiting the book market more than ten years ago. From the west gate into the park, the door is the stall of the Chinese bookstore, there are books, cultural and creative, audio-visual products, stretching a few streets, it is definitely the largest and most popular one in the book market. In addition to the altar and the park in the northeast corner of the park fitness activities, the whole park is almost full of various stalls, which is spectacular.

When I come to Beijing, I go to the Temple of Heaven. However, there are no people to play in Ditan Park. It is also a sense of beauty. You can carefully count the number of floor tiles and steps, and there are harvests everywhere. Pigeons skipped from the air, yellow tiles, yellow bricks, red walls, and a sense of historical vicissitudes. The Temple of Heaven is a blue sky, everywhere is nine, round everywhere; the altar of the earth is golden, everywhere is six or eight, square everywhere. Take the place of the sky, clean and square.

Beijing Ditan book book has been opened, Ditan book market has been a long time, has become a business card in Ditan Park and even Beijing. Now it is held every year, although there are many electronic publications, but people love books will not be less.

One of the temples in Beijing. Although not as famous as temple of heaven, it has similar layout. Worth to visit, especially if you want to take photos without crowd