The Architect & engineer of California and the Pacific Coast (1905)
San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 272
alls,and running streams spanned by fantastic bridges. Perhaps the most interesting architectural feature of Peking is theTemple of Heaven, which is within the Southern or Chinese City. It issurrounded by beautiful cypress trees in the midst of a walled park. Most sacred of all Chinese religious… … TEA HOUSE USED BY THE LATE EMPRESS DOWAGER cend to the upper terrace, which is 90 feet wide, with a base 210 feetacross. The platform is laid with marble stones in nine concentric cir-cles, and everything is arranged in multiples of 9. North of the Great Altar is a three-tiered marble altar (Chi…
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