The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese . of splendid and thicklygrowing cypress trees, reminding one of the solemnshades in the vicinity of famous temples in ancientGreece. Besides the Temple and Altar of Heaven, thereare the Temple of Imperial Expanse, the Fasting Palace,halls for the royal retinue and musicians, and buildingsfor the sacrificial vessels and the slaughter of Temple of Heaven.—The Temple of Heaven,as it is called by foreigners, or
The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, giving an account of the mythology, idolatry, and demonolatry of the Chinese . of splendid and thicklygrowing cypress trees, reminding one of the solemnshades in the vicinity of famous temples in ancientGreece. Besides the Temple and Altar of Heaven, thereare the Temple of Imperial Expanse, the Fasting Palace,halls for the royal retinue and musicians, and buildingsfor the sacrificial vessels and the slaughter of Temple of Heaven.—The Temple of Heaven,as it is called by foreigners, or more properly TheTemple for Praying for a Propitious Year, is the chiefattraction of the park. It is not built on the ground,but upon the top of the north altar, which consistsof three marble terraces, twenty-seven feet in height, 58 The DragoUy Image, and Demon, ?with marble balustrades, the marble top of the altarforming the floor of the temple, which rises to theheight of ninety-nine feet. The building is circularwith a spacious dome, made by a triple roof of azuretiles, the highest section only covering the centre ofthe temple, and is ornamented with rich carving. Temple of Heaven. and painting. As the round windows are shaded byVenetians of blue glass rods strung together, the lightof the sun within becomes an ethereal blue. This edifice,with the rare symmetry of its proportions, resting onthe marble eminence, is the most remarkable and im-posing structure in the capital. Its dome, the colour ofthe aerial vault, and in the shape of the visible heavens— The High Priest of China. 59 which the architecture of the earthly temple is intendedto represent, as the Heaven above is here worshipped onthe earth beneath, the earthly being a symbol of theheavenly—is, in its silent majesty, the sacred rotunda ofthe East. The Altar of Heaven—The Altar of Heaven is in
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