Why we know OoT’s Temple of Time was built over the Sealed Temple?
I don't remember where that information appeared, I would like to know more about it, thanks.
It was very strongly implied in Skyward Sword, with the Sealed Temple being essentially a second Temple of Time (by which I mean the original ancient Temple of Time in Lanayru Desert that had its Gate of Time destroyed by Ghirahim), being the resting place for the Master Sword until Ocarina of Time, having its own Gate of Time (which OoT’s Door of Time is implied to be one and the same, since it shares the same name in Japanese), being the location with access to the Sacred Realm where the Triforce was originally hidden (and then returned to prior to OoT), and having the emblems of the six Sage Medallions from OoT on its ceiling. This was then confirmed in both
The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia and
The Legend of Zelda: Encyclopedia, which you can read for yourself here:
But that Great Plateau is the place where the Kingdom of Hyrule is born does not mean that it is the place where the Temple of Hylia falls (along with the Sealed Temple). Since after reaching the lower lands, Zelda, Link and other people were able to move and put the center of the Kingdom or set the Kingdom in a different place than the place where the Sealed Temple fell (Temple of Hylia, called the Forgotten Temple in BOTW ).
This isn’t the case, because the Hyrule Historia states (as highlighted above) that when establishing the Kingdom of Hyrule, Hyrule Castle was built in the middle of Hyrule where the new Temple of Time was located (which matches up with the Sealed Grounds being in the center of what will become Hyrule in Skyward Sword) in order to protect the Triforce. In other words, Hyrule was indeed born from the very place that’s implied at the end of Skyward Sword—the Sealed Grounds where the ending takes place, which housed the Triforce, Master Sword, and Sealed Temple (which later became the new Temple of Time).
So with all of the above confirmed, it’s obvious that the Great Plateau is supposed to be the very same Sealed Grounds from Skyward Sword—it’s got the Temple of Time and the remnants of Castle Town Market from OoT (which was built right next to the Sealed Temple/Temple of Time), it’s located in central Hyrule directly adjacent to the Faron region, and it’s surrounded by an odd wall and raised from the surrounding terrain that makes it look as if the whole plateau is a separate landmass that was placed there from above, which is exactly what happened with the Sealed Grounds.
With all that in mind, what’s the most logical conclusion? That, despite all the evidence above, the Great Plateau is somehow
not supposed to be the Sealed Grounds and the Forgotten Temple is supposed to be it instead, even though it’s far removed from where it should be in Hyrule and is clearly not where the Temple of Time is located? Or that there’s simply another explanation for the Forgotten Temple being the way it is, like being a replica designed to honor the original Sealed Temple after it was rebuilt into the Temple of Time? The latter seems by far to be the most likely scenario to me. Perhaps the giant Goddess Statue is even the exact same one from Skyward Sword, but it was moved far to the north where the Forgotten Temple was built. We may not have all the answers at the moment, but given the information that we do currently have, I’d say it’s a much bigger leap in logic to assume that the Forgotten Temple is literally supposed to be the same Sealed Temple in the same location as in Skyward Sword when all the other evidence points towards the Great Plateau being that instead.