Taihe Confucian Temple

Taihe Confucian temple covers an area of 4620 square meters, equivalent to 7 mu. It was founded in 1304 a.d. by Li Ying of Dalu Huachi in the eighth year of Dade in Yuan Dynasty. It has a history of more than 700 years. Damaged by the war, it was rebuilt in 1372, with a width of 5 rooms, 20 meters and a depth of 10 meters. It is a wooden palace building with a single eaves, a hilltop, glazed tile surface, and a combination of beam lifting and bucket piercing. It is characterized by a combination of North and South styles. It is a large hall building with a wooden frame, a platform and beams, glazed tiles on the roof, a set of animals on the ridge, and four corner eaves. In 1985, Professor Zhang Yuhuan, an expert on ancient architecture in Chinese Social Sciences, identified the Dacheng Hall of Taihe Confucian temple as a unique building in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty in Northern Anhui Province. It is a valuable cultural heritage with high historical and artistic value. At the same time, it is one of the largest and most well protected Confucian temple buildings in Anhui Province, which has high value of cultural relics and archaeological research.

Taihe Confucian Temple

Taihe Confucian temple is located at No.35, Xuexue street, Chengguan Town, Taihe County, Anhui Province. It covers an area of 4620 square meters, equivalent to 7 mu. It was founded by Li Ying, Huachi, Dalu, in 1304 A.D., and has a history of more than 700 years.

summary

Damaged by the war, it was rebuilt in 1372, with a width of 5 rooms, 20 meters and a depth of 10 meters. It is a wooden palace building with a single eaves, a hilltop, glazed tile surface, and a combination of beam lifting and bucket piercing. It is characterized by a combination of North and South styles. It is a large hall building with a wooden frame, a platform and beams, glazed tiles on the roof, a set of animals on the ridge, and four corner eaves.

value

In 1985, Professor Zhang Yuhuan, an expert on ancient architecture in Chinese Social Sciences, identified the Dacheng Hall of Taihe Confucian temple as a unique building in Northern Anhui Province in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties. It is a valuable cultural heritage with high historical and artistic value. At the same time, it is also one of the largest and best protected Confucian temple buildings in our province, which has high value of cultural relics and archaeological research.

protect

In 1986, it was announced as a key cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level by Anhui Provincial People's government's wzz (1986) No. 051 document. In accordance with the requirements of the higher authorities, we are now actively striving for national key cultural relics protection units.

Construction situation

The original temple takes Dacheng hall as the center, and its north-south axis is symmetrical. There are Wanren palace wall, kuilou, lingxingmen, panchi, Panqiao, Jimen, Minghuan temple, Xiangxian temple, Dacheng hall, Minglun hall and Zunjing Pavilion in the north and south. On the east side are Xing Xian Fang, Wen Chang Ge, Xun Xun Zhai, Jin De Zhai, Chong Sheng Temple, etc. on the west side are Yu Cai Fang, Sheng Ji Suo, Xiu Ye Zhai, Jing Yi Ting, shepu Ting, etc. And there are many East and West corridors. However, in the history of more than 700 years ago, the buildings were trampled by the soldiers and bandits, repaired and destroyed repeatedly, and the scale of the buildings was gradually reduced. It was not until the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty that it was revived and rebuilt as before. However, since then, more buildings have been destroyed than repaired. In the early 1980s, only the dilapidated Dacheng hall and Chongsheng temple were left.

Historical records

According to historical materials and records on the historical board of Dacheng Hall of the Confucian temple, Li Shilang, the county magistrate in the ninth year of Zhengtong, Chen Yuhua, the county magistrate in the seventh year of Kangxi, Chen an, the county magistrate in the twelfth year of Qianlong, song dingqi, the county magistrate in the 42nd year of Qianlong, Hu jiahuai, the county magistrate in the seventh year of Tongzhi, Gao zanshan, the county magistrate in the 25th year of Guangxu, and Liao Changyi, the county magistrate in the third year of Xuantong, all raised money.

Construction history

In 1990, Taihe County Party committee and government began to overhaul the Dacheng Hall of Confucian temple. In 1992, the first phase of the Confucian temple restoration project was completed and accepted. The gate, panchi, Panchiao, platform and Dacheng hall were newly built and restored. Dacheng hall is a palace style building with single eaves, five broad Ying, three deep rooms, yellow glazed tiles, spacious and bright inside. It is carved with a white marble statue of Confucius, on which many plaques are hung, such as "a model for all generations", "a gentleman in this world", "demou heaven and earth" and "Tao runs through the past and the present". The gold pillars are respectively hung with couplets such as "foreknowledge and foresight for the eternal moral standing", "sincerity and holiness with the two Gonghua flowing together", "Deguan people's retrospection to open the heaven and xianzun's first appearance", "Daolong group's saints worship Dacheng together". The platform in front of the hall, the fence board and the royal road are white marble carvings, and the royal road carvings are vivid. In 2009, the second stage restoration project of Confucian temple was completed and put into use gradually. The second phase of the project lasted for two years, with a total construction area of 2200 square meters. The county government invested more than 5.6 million yuan to build and repair the gate, panchi, Panchiao, Zunjing Pavilion, east-west wing room, corridor room, wall and West facade room. The ground was renovated and greening was carried out. The East-West corridor room was inlaid with steles of Taihe calligraphers, and the Dacheng hall and Zunjing Pavilion were painted with Confucius themed murals. The second phase of the Confucian temple project is organically integrated with the Confucian Temple Square and Taihe Park, which will have a positive impact on promoting traditional culture, witnessing history and promoting Taihe. In the history of Taihe, there are many scholars, which is inseparable from Taihe's long-term "respecting Confucianism and learning", and Confucian temple is an important carrier of Taihe's long history and culture. The protection of Taihe Confucian temple is of great significance to the transmission of traditional civilization. The cultural and historical connotation of Taihe Confucian temple will always show its infinite charm in the past, present and future.

geographical position

Address: No.35, Xuexue street, Chengguan Town, Taihe County, Anhui Province

Longitude: 115.62111228704

Latitude: 33.162531875232