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Temple of Heaven Park

ARTIST RESIDENCY CHINA — BEIJING, no. 13

Temple of Heaven

Tiāntán — Temple of Heaven — is a historic religious site within a 660 acre urban park. Especially in the early hours of the day people gather there to play games, dance, practice tai chi, and perform music. There are two large, well-tended flower gardens, one of roses, the other of peonies. Long wide walkways through manicured forests lead to scruffier cedar forests near the south gate.

Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven

singing well known songs from the opera

Temple of Heaven

the man in red joins in

Temple of Heaven

tour group marches by

Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven

Beijingers love being photographed with flowers

Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven

gardener making unkind cuts

Temple of Heaven

hundreds of varieties of roses

Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven

posing with peonies

Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven

Temple of Heaven

sweeping up

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