Imperial Ancestral Temple (Beijing)

China / Beijing / Peking / Beijing / East Chang'an Avenue
 museum, place with historical importance, listed building / architectural heritage, cultural center / centre, 15th century construction
Formerly Imperial Ancestral Temple, or Ancestral Hall or Taimiao of Beijing. Located just outside the Forbidden City, where during both the Ming and Qing Dynasties, sacrificial ceremonies were held on the most important festival occasions in honor of the imperial family's ancestors.

By the 1920s, the Imperial Ancestral Temple and its surrounding spaces had become a public park, and that public park today has been expanded from its original size and is now also known as the Working People's Cultural Palace.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Ancestral_Temple
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Coordinates:   39°54'35"N   116°23'37"E
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