This past weekend was the autumn festival in China. Kamala and I decided to celebrate by doing some of things that we haven't yet had a chance to do. On Saturday, even though it was cold and rainy, we decided to go to the Temple of Heaven. The Temple of Heaven is about 40 minutes from our house. So we took the bus to the subway to the temple. The temple was built in 1420 and served as a place of fitual for the Ming and Qing emperors. They were usually used to pray for good harvest in the upcoming seasons. There are two parts, a northern and southern. the norther part of the park is rounded to represent heaven, and the souther part is squared to represent the earth (as the earth was perceived flat at that time). The rain had driven away any large crowds, but there were still many people there. Kamala and I did find a place in the park where we could walk and enjoy the outdoors with very little crowds. It was the first time since we came to Beijing we were outside without seeing other people around us.
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