Leaving out all the tourists at the bottom ;)
Because it was around the day of China's National Parade to celebrate the end of WWII, the place was packed...
Some info:
Though the building in this picture is generally regarded as the "Temple of Heaven" by most visitors and many tourist guides, it is in-fact the "Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests" (祈年殿, qínián diàn), one of the many buildings that make up the complete Temple of Heaven complex.
The Temple of Heaven, literally the "Altar of Heaven" (天坛, Tiāntán) is a complex of religious buildings situated in the southeastern part of central Beijing. The complex was visited by the Emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties for annual ceremonies of prayer and offerings to Heaven for good harvest.
About this building:
The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is a triple-gabled circular building. It is 36 meters in diameter, 38 meters tall, built on three levels of marble stone base. This is the place where the Emperor prayed for good harvests. The building is completely wooden, with no nails. The original building was destroyed by a fire caused by lightning strike in 1889. The current building was re-built several years after the incident.
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Ferrari California T on display at the 2014 Beijing Auto Show.
Explore #364 on Thursday, May 1, 2014
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The Acura NSX supercar concept shown on the 2014 Beijing Auto Show. Acura wants to give an impression of their next generation super sports car with this concept.
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Nice building on Qianmen Dajie (前门大街) - a street that tries to be a copy-mix of what Xintiandi. Yu Garden and Nanjing East Road are in Shanghai.
Who's inside?
Yikes - it's Starbucks Coffee (星巴克咖啡 in Chinese).
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The model at the Cadillac CTS exhibit.
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