Title	Tiantan Qiniandian
Description	Designed in 1531 and renovated in 1751, the Hall of Prayer for a Prosperous Year is the Temple of Heaven's most famous structure. It was not, however, the site of the sacrifices to Heaven, the complex's most important ritual function.
Country	China
Historical Period	China - People's Republic of China 1949 - present
Date of Content	1530; 1751
Photographer/Recorder	Williams, John R., 1968 -
Associated Places	Beijing
Type	still image
Format	image-jpeg
Date Photographed/Recorded	1988
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IDEAS Collection	Beijing 1988
Institution Name	Colorado College
IDEAS Identifier	cocbjn000100
Collection Editor	Lawson, Steve; Withee, Sarah