The Temple of Heaven Park, Tiantan in Chinese, is located in the Dongcheng District, Beijing. It is the     1    (large) and most representative existing masterpiece among China's ancient sacrificial buildings.     2    (original), the Temple of Heaven was the place where emperors of the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty held the Heaven Worship Ceremony. First     3    (build) in 1420, the 18th year of the reign of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, the Temple of Heaven was enlarged and rebuilt during the reigns of the Ming emperor Jiajing and the Qing emperor Qianlong. In 1988, it     4    (open) to the public as a park, showing ancient philosophy, history and religion. Its grand architectural style and profound cultural implication give     5     insight into the practices of the ancient Eastern civilization.

Covering an area of 2,700,000 square meters, it is larger than the Forbidden City,     6     is enclosed by a long wall.     7    (it) northern part within the wall is semicircular symbolizing the heavens and the southern part is square symbolizing the earth,     8    (reflect) an ancient Chinese thought of “the heaven is round and the earth is square”. The main buildings lie     9     the south and north ends of the middle axis of the inner part. The     10    (significant) is the Circular Mound Altar (Huanqiutan) to hold many ceremonies.