The Temple of Heaven is a good attraction if you are in Beijing. It is south of the Forbidden City. It was built 600 years ago for the emperor to pray in. He would pray to heaven and his ancestors during winter solstice, the shortest day of the year on December 21st. He did it to make sure that crops had a good harvest in the next year. It was painted red and blue because red is the royal family colour and blue on the roof because it is the colour of sky and heaven. The temple of Heaven was made of wood but no nails or cement. The height of the temple is 40m and 3 to 4 storeys. It has a echo wall which is 100m long. You can whisper something from one end and they hear it at the other end. It is inside a big park. The temple of heaven is one of the top 10 places to go in Beijing. So if you are in Beijing you should visit it.
By The Travel Group (DS)
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I like the idea of visiting Beijing so I can see the Temple of Heaven. DS, this is an EXCELLENT report on this Beijing attraction. Well done! You must have had a good teacher helping you ;-)
There is not much I can suggest for you except just to go through and fix some minor mistakes including:
* Making sure everywhere you have it, "Temple of Heaven" must have a capital T and capital H as it is the proper name of the building.
* Also, when you have the word "a" in front of a word that starts with a vowel, it changes to "an." See if you can find that one.
-Mrs P
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