1. CHAI CHIN EE
0907P72950
EPC (COM 30103)
SEPTEMBER 2014
NAME:
STUDENT ID:
MODULE:
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Assignment: Oral Presentation (Part 1)

2. TEMPLE OF HEAVEN
IMPERIAL SACRIFICIAL ALTAR
(QI NIAN DIAN) 天坛祈年殿

3. FIRST CONSTURED:
- CHINA
- SOUTHERN BEIJING
- 1420, MING DYNASTY
- MING EMPEROR ZHUDI
“朱棣”
Historical background
(Temple of Heaven)

4. Historical background
(Temple of Heaven)
EXTENDED AND RENOVATED:
- MING EMPEROR, JIAJING “嘉靖”
& QING EMPEROR,QIANLONG “乾隆”
- 2,700,000 square meters

5. Historical background
(Qi Nian Dian)
-BIGGEST ALTAR IN TEMPLE OF HEAVEN
-THE QING AND MING EMPORORS USED TO
WORSHIP THE HEAVEN.
- SYMBOLIC BUILDING

6. Structure and Layouts:

7. SURROUNDING OF
QI NIAN DIAN

8. INTERIOR PART OF
QI NIAN DIAN

9. ORNAMENTATION USED

10. TYPES OF MATERIAL
USED
• MARBLES
• TILES
• BRICKS
• WOODs
• COPPERS

11. FENG SHUI
(SYMBOLISM)

12. • 9 = the biggest number, represent the china
emperors
• 4 inner pillars = 4 seasons
• 12 middle pillars = 12 times
• 12 outer pillars = 12 months
• 12 outer + 12 middle pillars
= 24 Chinese traditional solar terms
• Total of all pillars = 28 Gods

13. REFERENSE
• (1999, ). Beijing Tours, Budget China Great Wall, Forbidden
City Packages, 24/7 Service. Temple of Heaven, Tiantan
Park.Retrieved January 10, 2015, from
http://www.beijingtrip.com/attractions/heaven.htm
• Ho Sook Wah, Chan Swee Heng & Yap Ngee Thai, ((1988)
Interactively Speaking, Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia,
Serdang.
• Sahanaya, W. & Lindeck, J.(2001). IELTS Preparation and
Practice. Listening and Speaking. (2nd ed.).Australia & New
Zealand: Oxford University Press.