er symbolize heaven and earth, the northern part of the Temple is circular while the southern part is square .The whole compound is enclosed by two walls, a square wall outside a round outer area is characterized by suburban scenery, while the inner part is used for inner enclosure consists of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest and the Circular Mound Altar. (Along the Imperial Paage leading from the Southern Lattice Star Gate in front of the Circular Mound Altar) The Circular Mound Altar is enclosed by two walls, each containing four groups of Southern Lattice Star Gate, each in turn consisting of three doors, with 24 marble doors on the paage facing north, you will notice that with each pair of doors on is narrower than the reflects the feudal hierarchy: the wider door was reserved for monarchs, while the narrower one was used by courtiers. 1 On the day of the ceremony, the emperor would don his ritual costume and be ushered in by the official in charge of religious ascended the three terraces in the forefront to pay tribute at the altar. (Atop the Circular Mound Alter) We are now on the top terrace of the Altar, or the third terrace has a flight of 9 the center of this terrace lies a round stone surrounded by 9 the center of this terrace lies a round stone surrounded by 9 concentric rings of number of stones in the first ring is 9, in the second, 18, up to 81 in the 9th the number of carved balustrades on these terraces is a multiple of why? According to ancient Chinese philosophy, yin and yang were two opposing and the odd numbers belonged to yang while the Earth and even numbers belonged to was the largest heavenly number acceible to is more, the ancien
