Look up at over fourteen hundred stars!

It's really hard to put into words how amazing this museum is ️ Especially after seeing the caisson, it seems to travel through time and space. Seeing the starry sky 600 years ago, I am amazed at the wisdom and romance of the ancients.

Ancient architecture is not rare in Beijing, but here is simply a living history of ancient architecture, walking among them, as if through hundreds of years ago, it is the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum.

Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum is located in the Ming and Qing Imperial Temple Temple in the altar of agriculture, the altar of agriculture was built in the 18th year of Ming Yongle (1420), is the Ming and Qing dynasties emperors worship and hold pro-farming ceremony place, every year in February or March lunar calendar, the emperor will choose an auspicious day to worship the altar of agriculture and pro-farming ceremony. In order to pray for good weather, grain harvest, and advised the heart of agriculture and mulberry.

🏛️ Where: Museum of Ancient Architecture

📍 Address: 21 Dongjing Road, Xicheng District
⏰ Business hours: 9:00-17:00 Closing at 16:30
🎫 Tickets: 💰15r

[Longfu Temple Caisson] also known as "Tiangong Caisson", "starry Caisson", is located in the temple. It is divided into six layers, the top is a map of 1,427 stars, and there is a fine miniature temple model on the caisson wall, and the sky palace and 28 star gods are amazing. The caisson was removed from Longfu Temple in 1976 and disappeared for 15 years until it was discovered in 1991.

It has a mysterious experience, and the Tiangong caisson in addition to the workmanship of heaven, the shape is also very unique, belongs to the unique.

The top chart has more than 1,400 stars, and amazingly, the positions of the stars are accurate.

According to research and analysis, the map of stars in the caisson is part of the "Butianga" system of ancient astronomy. This astronomical map is based on a version of the original star map from the Tang Dynasty or earlier.

However, even from today's point of view, the star map is complete and contains no major conceptual errors. Therefore, it is considered to be a professional star map with high scientific value, but also a precious astronomical relic.

【 Panlong caisson 】 Entering the temple of worship is to see the Panlong caisson, gold silk nanmu carving process fine, vivid, while exhibiting the history of ancient Chinese architecture, Xiangyun around the panlong, very imposing, the details of the exquisite carving is impeccable.



🔔Tips:

There is no air conditioning in the museum, once you go in the basic sweat, and many wooden buildings smell heavy, it is recommended to prepare a small fan or when the weather is cooler to visit.

Gold leaf Zhu Ying · Door frame art there is very suitable for photography, golden light, red doors and Windows complement each other low-key luxury, full of atmosphere.

God kitchen and God warehouse have a cultural shop, you can stamp, starry sky well refrigerator sticker explosion, but no goods listen to the park staff said the production process is complex, is expected to wait for two or three weeks to have goods.

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