Civilization, Ancient and Modern

The Hall of Pray for Good Harvest is the main building of the Temple of Heaven, one of the World Heritage sites in Beijing. This is a red sandalwood model of the hall, shown on the 4th floor of the China Red Sandalwood Museum in Beijing. The other model is the Long March No. 2 rocket which launched the spaceship of Shenzhou No. 5 in 2003 and No. 8 in this year. I don't believe the prelude in the movie "2012", but I do believe in love and in peace. We don't have to pray for a good harvest nowadays but indeed we have to pray for safety and for world peace. Let's try our best.

This was the second time I shot panoramas for the museum. The first time was in 2004 after I had just obtained my first DSRL camera. I took a panorama in the hall and it was an honor to be chosen by Hans Nynberg as the weekly new pano of panoramas.dk.

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这是在北京中国紫檀博物馆四楼展厅里的两个模型，一个是世界遗产北京天坛祈年殿，是中国古代人民祈求丰收的地方；另一个是长征二号火箭，曾经于2003年首次载人航天成功。它们分别象征着古代文明和现代科技，都是中国人民聪明和智慧的象征。我并不相信电影《2012》里的预言，但我们一定要相信爱与和平。在当今科技发达和高度文明的年代，我们再也不需要祈祷天佑丰年，然而我们却不再有安全感，我们却要祈祷和平和安全。尽管力量微薄，我们还是要尝试。

这是我第二次拍摄紫檀博物馆，第一次是2004年，那年我们刚刚有了数码单反机。当时我拍摄的是博物馆大厅的龙椅。而那幅作品很快被丹麦全景网的汉斯选中，在该网每周推荐中推出了。丹麦全景网每周推荐各国新闻题材全景照片，在全球全景摄影界有很高的声望。

Asia / China

Lat: 39° 54' 37.69" N
Long: 116° 31' 33.95" E

→ maps.google.com [EXT]

Precision is: Unknown / Undeclared.

Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 15mm fisheye lens, Nodal Ninja 3 panorama head.