Confucian Temple of Quanzhou

The Confucian Temple of Quanzhou Prefecture is a national key cultural relic protection unit and one of the major cultural relics in Quanzhou City. The Confucian Temple of Quanzhou Prefecture was built in the late Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. The Confucian temple was moved here in the early years of the Taiping rejuvenation of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was built as a state school in 982 (the seventh year of the Taiping rejuvenation of the country), and then moved to other places. It was moved back in 1109 (the third year of the Daguan period of the Northern Song Dynasty) and rebuilt in 1137 (the seventh year of Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty). It is a Confucian temple complex of Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. It has a long history, complete regulations, grand momentum and rich cultural connotation. It is the largest Confucian temple complex in Southeast China. It has a well-balanced layout, beautiful architecture and unique shape. It is an organic combination of Central Plains culture in Song Dynasty and ancient architectural art in Southern Fujian.

Confucious'Temple

synonym

Quanzhou Confucian temple generally refers to Confucian Temple (Quanzhou Confucian temple in Fujian Province)

The Confucian Temple of Quanzhou is a key cultural relic protection unit in China and one of the major cultural relics in Quanzhou. The Confucian Temple of Quanzhou Prefecture was built in the late Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. The Confucian temple was moved here in the early years of the Taiping rejuvenation of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was built as a state school in 982 (the seventh year of the Taiping rejuvenation of the country), and then moved to other places. It was moved back in 1109 (the third year of the Daguan period of the Northern Song Dynasty) and rebuilt in 1137 (the seventh year of Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty).

Confucian temple, with a large scale, is a Confucian temple complex of song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It has a long history, complete regulations, grand momentum and rich cultural connotation. It is the largest Confucian temple complex in Fujian. It has a well-balanced layout, beautiful architecture and unique shape. It is an organic combination of Central Plains culture in Song Dynasty and ancient architectural art in Southern Fujian.

Cultural relics protection

Quanzhou Confucian temple is a key cultural relic protection unit in China. It is a Confucian temple complex of Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. It has a long history, complete regulations, grand momentum and rich cultural connotation. It is the largest Confucian temple complex in Southeast China. It is well-known for its well-balanced layout, beautiful architecture and unique shape. It is the Central Plains culture of Song Dynasty and the ancient culture of Southern Fujian The organic combination of architectural art. The Confucian temple is located in the center of the downtown business district, in the pan palace of Zhongshan Middle Road, Licheng District.

There are "cultural relics exhibition hall of Quanzhou Confucian Temple", "Memorial Hall of Quanzhou historical celebrities" and "Quanzhou ancient education exhibition hall".

Historical origin

Fu Confucian temple was first built in the late Kaiyuan period of Tang Dynasty. It was moved to build Confucius Temple in the early Taiping Xingguo period of Northern Song Dynasty. It was built as a state school in the seventh year of Taiping Xingguo period (982), and then moved to other places. It was moved back in the third year of Daguan period (1109) of Northern Song Dynasty and rebuilt in the seventh year of Shaoxing period (1137) of Southern Song Dynasty.

Main building

Dacheng hall, the main building of Fu Confucian temple, is a typical double eaves veranda structure of Song Dynasty. It is 35.3 meters wide in 7 rooms and 22.7 meters deep in 5 rooms. It is a wooden structure with bucket arches and beams. It is supported by 48 white stone columns. On the front, there are 8 relief dragon eaves columns. The style is simple and simple, which is very rare among the existing Confucian Temples in China. A terrace is built in front of the hall. The terrace is inlaid with relief carvings of emerald rocks such as Yanglian, Fulian, Fusang, camellia, peony and hibiscus.

Layout structure

Under the stage channel, worship court, ancient banyan hanging shade on both sides, outside the court for half moon pan pool. There is a pan bridge built in the Yuan Dynasty, with stone beam structure, arched in the middle and stone guardrails on both sides. In front of the Dacheng hall, there are two sides, East and West, with a total length of 112 meters and a width of 10 meters.

In front of the two verandas, there are dachengmen, three bays, two entrances deep, Jinsheng on the left and Yuzhen on the right. The three doors are connected into one, 60 meters wide and 10 meters deep. Outside the gate is Lu Cheng, 66 meters wide and 60 meters deep, which can accommodate thousands of people. On the left and right are Li men and Yi Lu. Facing Zhongshan street in the west, there is a Pangong gate. In the east of the temple, there are seven rooms of Minglun hall, 36.8 meters wide and 21.4 meters deep. In front of the hall, there are 36 meters wide and 36 meters deep open court and two East-West study rooms. In front of the court, there are square pools, 29 meters wide and 43.8 meters long. In the middle, there are 4 meters wide stone bridges surrounded by stone barriers. Outside is Yuying gate, and to the East, there are Zunjing Pavilion, Minghuan temple and Xiangxian temple.

Major cultural relics

There are "Quanzhou Confucian temple cultural relics exhibition hall", "Quanzhou historical celebrity Memorial Hall" and "Quanzhou ancient education exhibition hall" in the temple. "Quanzhou Confucian temple cultural relics exhibition hall" is located in Dacheng hall, with a statue of Confucius in the center and four portraits of twelve philosophers on both sides.

The main cultural relics are handed down musical instruments, dance instruments, ritual instruments, etc. Among them, six bronze beans were cast with inscriptions of "donated by Taiwan magistrate Jiang Yuanshu in the 11th year of Qianlong and supervised by Gongsheng Jiang Honggao" and "cast in May of the 6th year of Tongzhi, built by Zhou Tongyu and supervised by Zheng Bingjing and Li Shu in suburbs" and "made by Yan Jinqing, Tongzhi of Tanshui in North Taiwan Road". It is the material material to study the historical relationship between Quanzhou Confucian temple and Taiwan Confucian temple.

significant contribution

Located in the West Wing of the Confucian temple, the "Quanzhou historical celebrity Memorial Hall" displays 38 cultural celebrities of Tang, Five Dynasties, song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. From different historical periods, these figures reflect that Quanzhou is full of outstanding people and has made great contributions to society and the world in the fields of politics, culture, economy, military affairs, overseas transportation and national unity. The exhibits are made of modern colored wax art and finely decorated costumes of various times, which are vivid and lifelike.

Hold activities?

At 20:00 on February 7, 2016, the Confucian temple in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, was selected as the Quanzhou branch venue of the 2016 CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

Address: Zhongshan Middle Road, Licheng District, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province

Longitude: 118.58987232564

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