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Hall of Ancestral Worship
Hall of Ancestral Worship
Feng Xian Dian
Section 8 on 58

Forbidden City
Outdoor Architecture

Histoire de la Chine
Ming Dynasty (from 1368 to 1644)

Area related : Pékin

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Définitif) : 1987

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This hall was first constructed in the early Ming Dynasty and was later renovated in 1656 during the Qing Dynasty. In the shape of the character "T", Feng Xian Deng consists of front and rear halls; which are linked by a hallway.
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In the Ming and Qing dynasties, this hall was where the emperor offered sacrifices to his ancestors ; hence he served as the imperial ancestral temple. Every year on New year's Day, the Winter Solstice, the emperor's birthday, the day when the emperor conferred a title on an imperial concubine and on the birthdays of previous emperors and empresses, a ceremony was held at Feng Xian Deng to offer sacrifices to the imperial ancestors. On the first day of every lunar month, the emperor would come to the hall to offer seasonal fruits and vegetables, and in autumn the emperor would offer deer or other animals he had hunted as a sacrifice to the ancestors.
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Water clock
Clock
Qing Dynasty
1799

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Clock
Qing Dynasty
approx. from 1736 to 1795
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