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beautiful triumphal arches of fine marble ; and the'

hill is afcended by elegant fteps. In this ceremony
are introduced many ufages contrary to the ancient'
Chinefe doCtrine concerning the facrificc to heaven;
On the day of the winter folllice are added the ho.
nours paid to the five planets, that is, to th& fpirit.
Theft ceremonies added to the facrifice to heavy are
not very ancient. There are likewife honours to the
firft founders of the reigning dynally. At feveral
other times the emperor goes lb Tien ran to perforns
a facrifics to'lleaven and ter honour his detailed sib
fltllm
To the north of the Hill of Heaven is a large abd
high terrace, on which is a molt magnificent hall in
honour of Chang Ii. or the fovereign Lord, and of
his anceftors. On the frontifpiece of this hall the
prefent Tartar emperors have culled an infcription
to be placed to Ap rai bon, or the Lord of heaven.
To this Tartar infcription anfivers the Chinefe <ha-
ratter Kits which has the fame meaning as the
charafter Tien, heaven ; and it fig-nifty the Chang
ti, who is intended to he honoured in this hall. The
tablet for the Chang ti is in a place, which (hews,
that the honour paid to Chang ti is of a different kind
from the honour paid to ancellors.
Without the caftan gate of King trbing,Nt. s4fr
is Cr tan, m Hill of the Sun. At the vernal equi-
nox the emperor fends hither a prince or great man
to honour the fun, that is, the fpirit of the fun. This
inclofure, tho' ekgant enough, has nothing very re-
markable ; nor is the ceremony very ancient.
Without the north gate of King tehing, at N°.
183, is Tr tee, or the Hill of the Earth. At the
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