the Beijing Labouring People's Cultural Hall

To the south of the Forbidden City were two important shrines – the Imperial Shrine of Family or theImperial Ancestral Temple (Chinese: 太庙; pinyin: Tàimiào) and the Imperial Shrine of State (Chinese:太社稷; pinyin: Tàishèjì), where the Emperor would venerate the spirits of his ancestors and the spirit of the nation, respectively. Today, these are the Beijing Labouring People's Cultural Hall[67] and Zhongshan Park (commemorating Sun Yat-sen) respectively.