Category:Beijing 1439 armillary sphere
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English: An armillary sphere in Beijing Ancient Observatory. It is a replica of the device made in 1439 for the purpose of determining coordinates of celestial bodies, originaly kept in Beijing, and moved to the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing in 1933. Both an astronomical instrument and a magnificent piece of art, it is a round sphere positioned above a square base (in the spirit of the traditional Chinese world model, 天圆地方 - Round heaven and square earth), it stands on a tortoise (reminding one, perhaps, of the Ao (鰲) turtle whose legs hold the sky in Nüwa's story), and is supported from the 4 corners by dragons.
(Actually, there are two fairly similar armillary spheres in the observatory: one sits on the grass, the other, on stone pavement. The photos should be sorted out...)
A replica of the armillary sphere can be found in Beijing Capital Airport: see Category:Armillary sphere, Beijing Capital International AirportMedia in category "Beijing 1439 armillary sphere"
The following 28 files are in this category, out of 28 total.
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A bronze Zodiacal sphere at the open air observatory Wellcome V0037730.jpg 3,228 × 2,288; 2.83 MB
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A bronze zodiacal sphere upon an ornate dragon stand Wellcome V0037732.jpg 3,140 × 2,420; 3.15 MB
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A bronze Zodiacal sphere, Peking Observatory Wellcome L0040974.jpg 3,451 × 2,660; 2.8 MB
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Ancient Beijing observatory 04.jpg 800 × 600; 191 KB
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Ancient Beijing observatory 10.jpg 800 × 600; 129 KB
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Beijing Ancient Observatory 20090715-10.jpg 5,616 × 3,744; 8.12 MB
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Beijing Ancient Observatory 20090715-11.jpg 5,616 × 3,744; 8.66 MB
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Beijing Ancient Observatory 20090715-14.jpg 3,744 × 5,616; 5.94 MB
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Beijing Ancient Observatory 20090715-15.jpg 3,744 × 5,616; 5.54 MB
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Beijing Ancient Observatory 20090715-16.jpg 3,744 × 5,616; 5.32 MB
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Beijing Ancient Observatory 20090715-17.jpg 3,744 × 5,616; 6.28 MB
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Dragon-Beijing-11-11-A.JPG 1,200 × 1,600; 1.05 MB
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Vm-4358-Beijing-1439-Armillary-sphere.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.58 MB
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Vm-4362-Beijing-1439-Armillary-sphere.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.54 MB
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Vm-4363-Beijing-1439-Armillary-sphere.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.54 MB
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Vm-4364-Beijing-1439-Armillary-sphere.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.49 MB
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Vm-4365-Beijing-1439-Armillary-sphere.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.55 MB
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Vm-4366-Beijing-1439-Armillary-sphere.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.55 MB
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Vm-4367-Beijing-1439-Armillary-sphere.jpg 1,280 × 960; 649 KB
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Vm-4368-Beijing-1439-Armillary-sphere-the-turtle.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.57 MB
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Vm-4369-Armillary-sphere.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.52 MB
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Vm-4370-Armillary-sphere-the-turtle.jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 1.54 MB
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Vm-4371-Armillary-sphere-the-turtle.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.5 MB
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Vm-4372-Armillary-sphere-the-turtle.jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 1.52 MB
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Vm-4373-Armillary-sphere-the-turtle-pillar.jpg 1,536 × 2,048; 1.55 MB
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Vm-4374-Armillary-sphere.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.54 MB
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Vm-4375-Armillary-sphere.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.5 MB
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Vm-4376-Armillary-sphere.jpg 2,048 × 1,536; 1.53 MB
