Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Built Environment (hierarchy name)
4. Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name )
5. site elements
6. landscaped-site elements

Anotations

Scope note:

High platforms or terraces built in early China for emperors to offer sacrifices to Heaven. The emperor was able to see far into the distance from the top of the platforms, and so they became a symbol for the mountains. In later centuries, they became a type of structure used in gardens for entertaining.