The Lama Temple, formally a palace of one of the Qing emperors when he was a prince, was almost just next door to the Confucious Temple. It was visited by tourists and faithfuls alike.
The Temple of Heaven (Tian Tan) is where my grandmother go to practise Tai-Chi every morning. A huge palace/temple compound built based on the theory "heaven is round, earth is square", it consists of a series of temple structures where the emperor prayed to the gods of heaven, as well as a palace for praying emperors. One of my favorite spots in the park is the "Echo Wall", which was a round wall. Two people at opposite sides of the wall can have something like a phone conversation by talking directly to the wall. Certainly the past emperors who owned the place before did not have the opportunity as we did to hear speeches of different languages bouncing off the wall!
