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Yesterday I visited Tiantan - the Temple of Heaven, which is about 2 km south of Tian an Men.

I found it to be a really peaceful space - probably helped by the "keep off the grass" signs - I spent about 5 hours wandering around, looking at the various parts of the temple and its grounds, looking at the tourists.... despite having really sore feet at the end of the day, I actually felt quite quite refreshed by the experience. Such a beautiful surprise to find this oasis of calm in such a busy city.

I took a few photos of course, and I'm really glad that I borrowed Chip's 10-22mm lens - it really made a difference:


I was also really pleased to get some detail on the ends of the blue-glazed tiles that are just everywhere:




I've put up a few more (the reasonably decent ones out of ~160) in my gallery - please have a look.