First of All : Tiantan Park and its Famed Temple of Heaven are located in the South-Eastern Chongwen District of Beijing's Central Old City. Due to the Feng Shui inspired 15Th Century North-South lay-out of the entire Ancient City of Beijing, Chongwen District and Tiantan Park
with its Temple of Heaven Complex are orientated exactly North-South (East-West). Find one of China's Capital Oldest and Most renowned Chinese Acrobatic Theatres, The Wansheng Theatre on Tiantan Park's western Flank. Wansheng Theatre is located across QianMen Dajie and so is part of adjacent Xuanwu District. The Theatre is home to the Beijing Acrobatic Troupe. On the other Flank, North-East find Hong Qiao Market Building, a place formerly known as the thief's
market but now famed for cheap shopping in silk,
pearls, electronic items and much more.
Tiantan Park is bordered to the south by the
Capital but once a small peasant village west of
the city and across the river.To the North
beyond Zhushikou DongDajie the Chongwen
District continues.
