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BEIJING — The giant gates of Temple of Heaven Park swung open at 6 a.m., magnets pulling people into a new day. People quietly poured out of apartment buildings and low-slung hutong neighborhoods and drained through the gates of Beijing’s favorite morning gathering place.

Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This ImageDan Eckstein for The New York TimesGroup exercise at the Temple of Heaven Park, Beijing's favorite morning gathering place.

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