June 4th: Temple of Heaven.

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  Bed Breakfast Breakfast Temple of Heaven
  Sebastian and Arthur had their own room in the Emperors Guards Station Courtyard Hotel. They slept pretty well. Eric is having breakfast in the hotel courtyard. Sebastian and Jeri have their breakfast as well. It was a short mass transit ride to the Temple of Heaven. Upon arriving, we found many people dancing, doing exercises, playing badminton, knitting, or just socializing. The people in this photograph were doing Taichi with swords.
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  These people are dancing. The dances are inspired by Tibetan dances, or perhaps they are Tibetan dances. Temple of Heaven’s Altar of the God of Grain’s Hall of Prayers for Abundant Harvests. Eric and Jeri to the east of the Altar of the God of Grain. The Hall of Prayers for Abundant Harvests can be seen over the wall. Sebastian and Arthur by the eastern door into the grounds of the Altar of the God of Grain.
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  Sebastian at Temple of Heaven The Altar of the God of Grain. Detail on the Hall of Prayers for Abundant Harvests. Temple of Heaven.
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  Temple of Heaven. Interior of the Hall of Prayers for Abundant Harvests. Temple of Heaven. Temple of Heaven.
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  Temple of Heaven. Temple of Heaven’s Imperial Vault of Heaven. Some details of the famous blue tiles found on buildings and walls at the Temple of Heaven. Temple of Heaven.
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  Temple of Heaven’s Circular Mound Altar. Eastern gates to the Circular Mound Altar. Temple of Heaven. In the grounds of the Temple of Heaven there are hundreds of ancient cypress trees.
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  Temple of Heaven. Temple of Heaven. Temple of Heaven. The Beijing Train Station, where we went after the Temple of Heaven.
 

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