Saigon-Hue #8 (out of order)

Incense censer on the Heaven Terrace. Nam Giao Esplande. Hué, Vietnam.

North wall. Nam Giao Esplanade. Hué, Vietnam.

The Nam Giao Esplanade is the only surviving site that was used for sacrificial ceremonies by the Emperor based on the dogma of heaven fate of Confucianism. The structure of the terraces are derived from ideas about the Universe composed of a circular heavens and square earth.