The Sun temple is one of the popular Chinese temples. It is located about ten kilometers from downtown Beijing, to the East of the Forbidden city, and belongs to four such famous altars of the Temple of Earth, Temple of Heaven, Temple of the moon. Today this temple is revered and popular place, protected by the laws on the protection of cultural and historical monuments.

The temple itself is located in Chaoyang district, also known as the "Park Gitane". It was built during the reign of Emperor of the Ming dynasty in 1530 for rituals of sun worship. During the war the Church was destroyed, but in 1951, the Beijing authorities conducted a reenactment of work and rebuilt the temple for 5 years, after which he became open to tourists. The total area of the temple area is about 20 hectares.

The altar of the Sun is not quite normal in the broadest sense of the word "temple", since on the territory of the temple is missing. At the place where in ancient times, a sacrifice was made, erected an altar with a height of about 2 meters, square shape. The altar is made of white stone and from all parties to it are stairs. Around the altar the low walls, lined with green glazed tiles. In stone walls, there are 6 gates, 3 of them go to the Western part, and 1 to the North, South and East. At the main gate you can see the oven of iron, of large dimensions, in which they used to burn sacrifices to the Sun God.

Also in the Park, "Gitane" is "Divine pavilion, a few round of pools, a lake with an arched bridge, where there is always cool water. Nearby is a beautiful garden with peonies, flower beds and Lounges, located on the West side of the Park.