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Wikipedia: The Imperial Ancestral Temple, Ancestral Hall or Taimiao of Beijing, is a historic site in the heart of city, just outside the Forbidden City, where during both the Ming and Qing Dynasties, sacrificial ceremonies were held on the most important festival occasions in honor of the imperial family's ancestors. The temple, which resembles the Forbidden City's ground plan, is a cluster of buildings in three large courtyards separated by walls. The main hall inside the temple is the Hall for Worship of Ancestors, which is one of only four buildings in Beijing to stand on a three-tiered platform, a hint that it was the most sacred site in imperial Beijing.
![[The Imperial Ancestral Hall of Beijing]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Taimiao_s.jpg "The Imperial Ancestral Hall of Beijing")
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![[The Taimiao of Beijing]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Taimiaopic1_s.jpg "The Taimiao of Beijing")
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 from Gene Zhang |
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