Temple of Earth
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The Temple of Earth is a historic imperial altar and park in Beijing where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors once offered sacrifices to the earth.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Temple of Earth canonical | 2 |
| Hall for Worship of Ancestors | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10499167 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Temple of Earth Context triple: [Andingmen, nearbyCulturalSite, Temple of Earth]
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A.
Temple of the Silver Pavilion
The Temple of the Silver Pavilion is a famous Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its elegant gardens and classical Japanese aesthetics.
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B.
Temple of Nature
Temple of Nature is a didactic philosophical poem by Erasmus Darwin that explores the origins and development of life through early evolutionary ideas.
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C.
Temple of the Jade Mountain
Temple of the Jade Mountain is a historic Vietnamese temple situated on Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hanoi, renowned for its picturesque setting and cultural significance.
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D.
Temple of the Five Immortals
The Temple of the Five Immortals is a historic Taoist temple in Guangzhou, China, traditionally associated with the legend of five celestial beings who blessed the city.
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E.
Purple Cloud Temple
Purple Cloud Temple is a prominent Taoist temple complex on China’s Wudang Mountains, renowned for its historic architecture and religious significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Temple of Earth Target entity description: The Temple of Earth is a historic imperial altar and park in Beijing where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors once offered sacrifices to the earth.
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A.
Temple of the Silver Pavilion
The Temple of the Silver Pavilion is a famous Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, renowned for its elegant gardens and classical Japanese aesthetics.
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B.
Temple of Nature
Temple of Nature is a didactic philosophical poem by Erasmus Darwin that explores the origins and development of life through early evolutionary ideas.
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C.
Temple of the Jade Mountain
Temple of the Jade Mountain is a historic Vietnamese temple situated on Hoàn Kiếm Lake in Hanoi, renowned for its picturesque setting and cultural significance.
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D.
Temple of the Five Immortals
The Temple of the Five Immortals is a historic Taoist temple in Guangzhou, China, traditionally associated with the legend of five celestial beings who blessed the city.
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E.
Purple Cloud Temple
Purple Cloud Temple is a prominent Taoist temple complex on China’s Wudang Mountains, renowned for its historic architecture and religious significance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic site
ⓘ
imperial altar ⓘ park ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Ditan Park ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
state rituals of the Ming dynasty
ⓘ
state rituals of the Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| builtBy | Jiajing Emperor ⓘ |
| builtIn | 1530 ⓘ |
| builtUnder |
Jiajing Emperor of the Ming dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Jiajing Emperor
|
| constructedDuring | Ming dynasty ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | Temple of Heaven ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| currentUse |
public park
ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ venue for cultural events ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Earth ⓘ |
| designedAccordingTo | traditional Chinese geomancy principles ⓘ |
| era | 16th century ⓘ |
| function | site for imperial sacrifices to the earth ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Beijing municipal authorities
ⓘ
linked to:
Beijing municipal bureaus and commissions
|
| hasChineseName |
地坛
ⓘ
linked to:
地坛公园
地坛公园 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Fangze Altar
ⓘ
ceremonial gates ⓘ imperial halls and pavilions ⓘ square altar platform ⓘ surrounding cypress trees ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
brick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| hasTourism |
domestic tourists
ⓘ
international tourists ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Beijing
ⓘ
Dongcheng District, Beijing ⓘ northeastern Beijing ⓘ |
| near | Andingmen area of Beijing ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Beijing temple fairs ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| orientation | north of the Temple of Heaven ⓘ |
| partOf |
Beijing imperial sacrificial system
ⓘ
linked to:
Beijing’s Four Altars
|
| region | North China ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Chinese cosmology
ⓘ
Chinese state ritual ⓘ |
| significance | principal altar for worship of earth in imperial Beijing ⓘ |
| symbolism | square shape symbolizing earth ⓘ |
| symbolizes | earth in the Chinese heaven–earth–human triad ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Ming dynasty
ⓘ
Qing dynasty ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Temple of Earth Description of subject: The Temple of Earth is a historic imperial altar and park in Beijing where Ming and Qing dynasty emperors once offered sacrifices to the earth.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Temple of Earth