Round and round a moth flies , colliding , escaping . the floor is covered with an oilcloth mosaic of jade and azure and cinnabar rhomboids . footmarks are stamped over it in all senses , heel to heel , heel to hollow , toe to toe , feet locked , a morris of shuffling feet without body phantoms , all in a scrimmage higgledypiggledy 地板上铺着翡翠天蓝朱红三色扁菱形拼花图案的漆布，上面布满了形形色色的脚印：脚跟顶着脚跟，脚跟对着脚心，脚尖顶着脚尖，交叉起来的脚以及没有身子的幽灵拖着脚步在跳莫利斯舞的脚，都乱七八糟地扭在一起。
Inside the hall of prayer for good harvest the pillars inside the hall all have a meaning : the four in the inner circle represent the four seasons of the year ; the 12 pillars in the middle circle represent 12 months of the year and the 12 pillars in the couter circle represent 12 time periods of the day . the leigong pillar under the center of the ceiling means the absolute power of the emperor 祈年殿是按“敬天礼神”的思想设计的，殿内立柱都有特定的寓意：里层4根井柱间的空间象征春夏秋冬四季中层12根朱红柱分割的空间象征一年的12个月外层的12根檐柱象征一天的12个时辰宝顶下的雷公柱象征皇帝的“一统天下” 。
The pillars inside the hall all have a meaning : the four in the inner circle represent the four seasons of the year ; the 12 pillars in the middle circle represent 12 months of the year and the 12 pillars in the couter circle represent 12 time periods of the day . the leigong pillar under the center of the ceiling means the absolute power of the emperor . temple of heaven appears on the following banknote 祈年殿是按“敬天礼神”的思想设计的，殿内立柱都有特定的寓意：里层4根井柱间的空间象徵春夏秋冬四季中层12根朱红柱分割的空间象徵一年的12个月外层的12根檐柱象徵一天的12个时辰宝顶下的雷公柱象徵皇帝的"一统天下" 。
The pillars inside the hall all have a meaning : the four in the inner circle represent the four seasons of the year ; the 12 pillars in the middle circle represent 12 months of the year and the 12 pillars in the couter circle represent 12 time periods of the day . the leigong pillar under the center of the ceiling means the absolute power of the emperor 祈年殿是按“敬天礼神”的思想设计的，殿内立柱都有特定的寓意：里层4根井柱间的空间象征春夏秋冬四季中层12根朱红柱分割的空间象征一年的12个月外层的12根檐柱象征一天的12个时辰宝顶下的雷公柱象征皇帝的“一统天下” 。
