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Heritage through lenses-The Temple of Heaven

2013-06-08 09:07

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Heritage through lenses-The Temple of Heaven

The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests has four big pillars,  twelve shorter pillars in the central area, and  twelve outer pillars, representing the four seasons, twelve months and a day's twelve hours respectively. [Photo by Jia Yue for Chinadaily.com.cn]

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