GardenNanluoguxiang, the Lama Temple & the Eastern Hutongs
DITAN PARK (TEMPLE OF EARTH) · DITAN GONGYUAN
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Nanluoguxiang, the Lama Temple & the Eastern Hutongs · 39.953°N 116.409°E
TicketedClosure day
The Temple of Heaven's northern twin: the square altar built in 1530 where Ming and Qing emperors sacrificed to the Earth every summer solstice — square where Tiantan is round, sunk where Tiantan is raised, and almost empty on any day that is not Spring Festival. 37 hectares of cypress and ginkgo just north of the Lama Temple, ¥2 to enter and ¥5 more for the Huangqi Hall, open from 6:00 until 21:30 in summer. Beijing readers know it from Shi Tiesheng's essay 'I and the Temple of Earth'; foreign visitors mostly do not know it exists.
ClosedOpen daily (hours listed Mon-Sun); altar may shut for fairVerified · 2026-09Source ↗
IDNot publishedNot independently verified — check official channels before you go
LandmarkEast side of Andingmen Outer St, just outside the north Second Ring
AddressAndingmen Outer St (east side), DongchengNavigate ↗
EntranceLine 2 / Line 5 Yonghegong station, Exit A, then 400 m north across the Second Ring to the south gate; west gate on Andingmen Outer St from Line 2 Andingmen
Last verified 2026-09-14Source: platforms and press
How to book
Ticket windows at the gates; day tickets also sell online — the park's own WeChat official account '地坛公园' / '东城区属公园' and, since the 2026 system upgrade, Alipay's '地坛公园' self-service ticketing (park office notice, Aug 2026, via a local listing) — not stated as compulsory (district-run park, not on the municipal '畅游公园' list)Secondhand source
Beat the crowds
Quiet except for the Spring Festival temple fair (the first week of the lunar year, the city's biggest) and the three book fairs in spring, autumn and winter listed by the tourism bureau. Early mornings belong to tai chi and choir groups; from late October to mid-November the ginkgo avenue inside the west gate draws photographers.
Language
Bilingual signs on the altar and the main halls; nothing else.