天圆地方是阴阳学说的一种体现。阴阳学说乃其核心和精髓。阴阳学说，具有朴素的辩证法色彩，是古代先哲们认识世界的思维方式，几千年的社会实践证明了它的正确性，“天圆地方”是这种学说的一种具体体现。
祈年殿与圜丘坛均为圆形，立于方形坛内，象征着天圆地方。
Both the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and the Circular Mound Altar are round, each standing on a square yard, again representing Heaven and Earth.
天圆地方所谓的这圆就代表着天，所以有很多东西都是以圆为造型。
Round sky place refers to that round representing the sky so many objects were round-shaped.
天坛有外坛墙和内坛墙，北面是圆形，南面是方形，取意天圆地方。
The temple of heaven has outer wall and the altar, the north is round compound has wall, the south is square, take meaning nature round place.
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