Beijing Temple of Heaven (Tian Tan) Ticket

The Temple of Heaven was inscribed as a United Nations Education, Science, and Culture Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site in 1998 and was described as "a masterpiece of architecture and landscape design which simply and graphically illustrates a cosmogony of great importance for the evolution of one of the world’s great civilizations...", and as the "symbolic layout and design of the Temple of Heaven had a profound influence on architecture and planning in the Far East over many centuries." It is definitely worth a visit!

Ticket Adult Price(High season / Low season) Child Price(High season / Low season)
All inclusive Ticket $13.00 USD / $8.00 USD $13.00 USD/ $8.00 USD
Main Entrance Only Ticket $9.00 USD / $5.00 USD $9.00 USD/ $5.00 USD
All inclusive Ticket

This ticket includes the entries to the three areas – Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, The Imperial Vault of Heaven and the Circular Mound Altar
Main Entrance Only Ticket

This is entrance ticket only.

  • Include all taxes, fees and handling charges.
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
  • A valid passport or travel permit may be needed.
  • Children under 6 years old are free.
  • All guests under the same reservation must enter the park together.
  • Tickets must be used on the specific day. Tickets can only be used once. Re-entry not allowed
  • The stroller must be folded.
  • Opening hours:
    The park opens at 6am and closes at 8pm.
    The historical buildings opens 8am and closes around 5:00pm like The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, The Imperial Vault of Heaven and the Circular Mound Altar. For the exact opening time in different seasons are listed below:

    Gate：6：00-22：00
    The main buildings inside the park
    From March 1 to June 30： 8：00 – 17：30
    From July 1 to October 31： 8：- 18：00
    From November 1 to February 28： 8：00 – 17：00
    Kindly reminder: Through tickets selling is stopped at 16:00

Choose the right entrance

Originally the Temple of Heaven had only one main gate, which faced west, but after it was made a public park in 1949, entrances were also opened on the northern, southern and eastern sides.
So now it mainly has four gates – East, South, West and North. Both East Gate and South Gate are highly recommended.

East Gate: If you want to see the local people engaged in all kinds of morning activities, you are advised to enter the east gate since most of the morning activities are carried out around the east gate area.The East Gate entrance is also close to the subway line 05.If you enter the east gate, then your walking itinerary would be east gate – long corridor – The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest – The Imperial Vault of Heaven – Circular Mound Altar – South Gate. After your north – south tour of the temple, you may turn back and go out of the east gate and head to the Hongqiao Market across the road.

South Gate: Start your tour by entering the south gate, then walk along Danbiqiao raised way to visit Circular Mound Altar – The Imperial Vault of Heaven, The Hall of Prayer for Harvest – Long Corridor – East Gate – Hongqiao Market.

How to get to the Temple of Heaven

If you visit the Temple of Heaven through the east gate, you take subway line 5 to Tiantan Dongmen Station and take exit A. The East Gate entrance is right there. For the public buses to the east gate, you may try bus 6, 35, 36, 39, 41, 43… If you use south gate, you take a taxi or take bus 36, 120, 122, 800, 803, 958