Ditan, also known as Fang Zetan, is located in the east of Andingmenwai Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing. 1929 was changed to a public park, now known as ditan park.

Ditan was built in the 9th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (AD 1530), covering an area of 42.7 hectares. It is the place where emperors in Ming and Qing Dynasties sacrificed to the "Emperor's Land _ God", and it is also the largest existing sacrificial altar in China.

Ditan park, with famous scenic spots such as Fangzetan, Huangshi, Pailou and Zhaigong, is a cultural relic protection unit in Beijing.

First, the introduction of scenic spots in ditan park

1, arch

Ditan archway, also known as archway, is the first building of the main entrance of Ditan-Ximen. The Ming and Qing emperors passed the memorial archway first, and then entered the altar gate. The archway of Ditan is as tall and majestic as the archway outside the East Gate of the Summer Palace. There is the word "Ditan" in the front and the word "Guanghou Street" in the back, which is one of the important scenic spots in ditan park.

2. Fang Zetan

Fang Zetan, a Ditan, is a place where emperors of Ming and Qing Dynasties offered sacrifices to "Di Di _ Shen". It was named after the square Qu Ze around the altar. Built in the 9th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1530), it was rebuilt in the 15th year of Qianlong in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1750) according to the imperial edict of Qianlong, and the yellow glazed brick altar surface was changed to Ai Qingshi altar surface. The current building is 198 1 year, which was restored according to the shape of the Qing Dynasty. The plane of the altar is square, symbolizing the legend that "the sky is round and the place is round".

The central altar is divided into upper and lower floors, surrounded by Zhou Youze Canal and an altar, and surrounded by star gates. There is a mountain-shaped stone platform on the east and west sides of the half part of Tainan in Xiatan, with 15 mountain-shaped stone platforms on it, which are dedicated to the gods of wuyue, Wuzhen and Wuling Mountain. There is a water-shaped stone pedestal on the east and west sides of the northern half, and there are eight mountain-shaped stone shrines on it, which are used to worship the gods of the four seas and the four blasphemies. The outer _ northeast is a lamppost, and the northwest is symmetrical with the original mound.

3, fasting palace

Ditan Zhai Gong is the place where the emperor stayed when he offered sacrifices to the land. In the Qing Dynasty, emperors Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong and Jiaqing stayed here. The main building is located on the east and west sides, and consists of three halls: west, south and north. It was built in the 9th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1530) and rebuilt in the 8th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1730).

4. Shenmatang

The Ditan Shenma Pavilion was built at 1530, with a green glass roof hanging from a mountain in five bays. The overall width is 19.55 meters, and the width of each room is the same, with a depth of 7.5 meters. There is a wall outside. The overhaul was carried out on 1999.

5. The Royal Room

The Imperial Room of Ditan was built in the 9th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1530) and is one of the main buildings of Ditan. The Ming and Qing Dynasties were places to worship the gods of the Imperial Capital, wuyue, Wuzhen, Hayes, Sidu and Wuling Mountain. Ditan was designated as "Jingzhao Park" in 1925, where a "public library" was established, and 1986 was designated as "Ditan Cultural Relics Exhibition Room".

6. Bell Tower

Ditan Bell Tower, built in 1530, is a square building with three intermittent hills and green glazed tiles, with a total width of 12 meters. Demolished on 1965 due to disrepair. In 2000, it was rebuilt as it was. The clock is 2.58 meters high, with a diameter of 1.56 meters and a weight of 2324 kilograms. The inscription is engraved with the words "Ming Jiajing Year, Month and Day". The bell is loud and powerful.

7. Shenku

Ditan Shenku was built in the 9th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (AD 1530). This small group of buildings consists of four five-bay hanging mountain halls and two well pavilions. The main hall is called "Shenku", which is used to store Fengge (a sedan chair carrying the throne of Emperor _), Longting (a sedan chair carrying the coordination and subordination of gods) and a temporary place to worship gods when the emperor's room is repaired. Dongjing Pavilion and Xijing Pavilion are designed to inject water into Qu Ze in Fangzetan and supply water to the kitchen. South Hall and Liang Jingting were built in the 14th year of Qing Qianlong.

8. Slaughterhouse

Ditan sacrifice pavilion is the place where animals (calves, graves, sheep and deer) were slaughtered before the ancient royal sacrifice. At the first moment of the day before the sacrifice, a sacrifice ceremony was held here. There is an original well pavilion on each side of the door.

9. Health Park

Ditan Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Culture Park is the first characteristic park with the theme of traditional Chinese medicine health culture in China. The park is mainly divided into liver, heart, spleen, lung, kidney and five zang-organs, with five elements, five colors and five prescriptions as connotations and land and water as meridians, connecting the whole park into a complete life form.

The main landscapes of the health park include the main entrance of the park, the sculpture with harmonious theme, the heart fire area, the kidney water area, the liver wood area, the moon lotus garden, the health corridor, the acupuncture bronze man, the health workshop, the Xinglin tea, the statue of Sun Simiao, the spleen soil area, the sports health square, the 24-hour earth sculpture, the lung gold area, the pranayama square and the plantar reflection trail. There are more than 3,000 trees and nearly 100 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines and medicinal plants in the park.

With the help of the ancient rhyme of Ditan Royal Garden, the Cultural Park of TCM Health Care shows the essence of TCM health care. It is not only a window to promote Chinese medicine culture, but also a good place for citizens to understand and enjoy Chinese medicine.

Two. Introduction to the Sacrificial Ceremony of Ancient Ditan

Ditan is the place where the emperors of Ming and Qing dynasties sacrificed to the land god, and heaven and earth sacrificed separately.

Sacrificial ceremonies are held at the dawn of the summer solstice every year, with wuyue, Wuzhen, Wuling, Hayes and Sidu as sacrifices, and the emperor personally worships the sacrifices.

Fangzetan is the main building of Ditan, facing south. It is named as a two-story square platform, masonry structure, surrounded by a pool, and the pool is named Fangze.

There are four stone seats on the lower floor of Fangzetan, which are places where yue, truth, sea and blasphemy are placed during sacrifice. There are watchtowers and burning stoves outside the altar.

In recent years, Ji Fang Garden, Peony Garden, Roller Skating Hall and Amusement Park have been built in the park. At the same time, the annual Spring Festival cultural temple fair is also held here, and the ancient altar exudes an attractive youthful atmosphere.

3. What is the difference between Ditan and Tiantan?

Different architectural arts of Ditan and Tiantan. Ditan and Tiantan have the following different organizational characteristics:

① Different geographical locations. The Temple of Heaven is located in the southeast of the Forbidden City, while the Ditan is built in the northeast of the Forbidden City, which conforms to the ancient saying of China that "the land is separated by thousands of miles".

② Different architectural shapes. The main buildings in the Temple of Heaven are round, and the Ditan is square according to the canon of the Qing Dynasty. This is the full embodiment of China's ancient theory of "the sky is round and the place is round".

③ The number of building materials used is different. According to the Taoist theory of Yin and Yang, "the sky is Yang and the earth is Yin", the building materials used in the Temple of Heaven, such as stones, steps and columns, are all odd numbers, that is, the number of Yang. The altar uses even numbers, that is, yin numbers. For example, the steps of Fangze altar are 8 steps, the altar surface is 6 square abbots, and the stone slabs used are even or multiple, which vividly and interestingly reflects the long and splendid traditional culture of the Chinese nation.

The most famous trees in ditan park are Juniper, Juniper and Juniper.

There are 0/76 ancient trees in ditan park, including 89 first-class trees and 87 second-class trees. The tree species are Platycladus orientalis, Sabina vulgaris, Sophora japonica, jujube, elm, ginkgo and catalpa bungeana. The locations are mostly concentrated around Fangze Beach.

Most ancient trees are over 300 years old. The ancient trees in the park grow well and have different shapes, which not only reflects the ancient and vigorous weather-beaten history, but also shows tenacious vitality. The ancient tree community has become a unique landscape of the park.

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