Tang Altar of Heaven (Tiantan Heritage Park) 唐天坛Táng Tiāntán

About Tang Altar of Heaven (Tiantan Heritage Park)

This round earthen altar of four tiers, finished in white lime plaster and climbed by twelve evenly spaced stairways on each tier, is where the emperors of the Sui and Tang dynasties made sacrifices to Heaven south of their capital, Chang'an. Excavated in 1999, it lay beside a university sports ground until a small heritage park was laid out around it and opened in 2018.

How to get to Tang Altar of Heaven (Tiantan Heritage Park)

On Tiantan Road in Yanta District, about 6.5 km south of the Bell Tower near Shaanxi Normal University.

Nearby

• Datang Everbright City 大唐不夜城 under 10 km
  A lantern-lit, Tang-themed avenue of street performers, sculptures and evening crowds
• Big Wild Goose Pagoda 大雁塔 under 10 km
  A Tang-dynasty pagoda built for scriptures a monk carried home from India
• Shaanxi History Museum 陕西历史博物馆 under 10 km
  Tang gold and silver, original tomb murals and finds from Shaanxi's Zhou, Qin and Han past
• Small Wild Goose Pagoda 小雁塔 under 10 km
  A slender Tang brick pagoda, cracked by earthquakes, in the grounds of the Xi'an Museum
• Xi'an City Wall 西安城墙 under 10 km
  Cycle all 14 km of a Ming city wall, high above Xi'an's rooftops

Also within 20 km: Shaanxi Natural History Museum 陕西自然博物馆 (under 10 km), Qujiang Polar Ocean Park 曲江海洋极地公园 (under 10 km), Qinglong Temple 青龙寺 (under 10 km), Xi'an Incident Memorial Hall 西安事变纪念馆 (under 10 km), Tang West Market 大唐西市 (under 10 km), Yisushe Theatre 易俗社剧场 (under 10 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)