Taizhou Confucian Temple

Taizhou Confucian Temple

Taizhou Confucian temple was built in the second year of Baoyuan in Northern Song Dynasty (1039). During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the scale of Taizhou Confucian temple government school was expanded, and it was the largest Confucian temple government school in Taizhou at that time, showing a new pattern of right temple and left school, creating a new system of "Temple School Integration" in Taizhou Confucian temple. At one time, Taizhou Confucian temple was submerged in the dust of history. The Confucian Temple of Taizhou prefecture has been mottled, only the high eaves, also shows that it once had a prominent position. In 2005, the Confucian Temple of Taizhou Prefecture was rebuilt and completed. The rebuilt Taizhou Confucian temple covers an area of more than 5000 square meters, including dachengmen, Minghuan temple, Xiangxian temple, East and West veranda, apricot altar, terrace, Dacheng hall, Minglun hall, Qisheng hall, etc.

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Taizhou Confucian temple, also known as "Confucius Temple", is located at the west end of Huipu Road, Linhai City, Zhejiang Province. Founded in the second year of Baoyuan in the Northern Song Dynasty (1039), it is a Taizhou School. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the scale of Taizhou Confucian temple government school expanded, and it was the largest Confucian temple government school in Taizhou at that time.

Since the Northern Song Dynasty, Taizhou Confucian temple has been destroyed many times by fire and fire. Many buildings have collapsed in the period of the Republic of China. The only remaining building is Dacheng hall, which is five rooms in depth and in good shape. On April 15, 1983, it was announced as a key cultural relics protection unit at the county level.

In 2002, Linhai municipal government invested in the reconstruction of dachengmen, Minghuan temple, Xiangxian temple, dongxiwei, Xingtan, terrace, dachengdian, Minglun hall, Qisheng temple, with a floor area of 5146 square meters and a building area of 2230 square meters. It was completed in 2005 and opened to the public. The restored Taizhou Confucian temple is solemn and simple.

architectural composition

The main gate of the Confucian temple is called the Lingxing gate, and the Minghuan temple is on the East. It is dedicated to 54 portraits of Taizhou prefects who have done good deeds for the people of Taizhou since the Jin Dynasty. In the west is the ancestral hall of the local sages, dedicated to the famous Taizhou local sages who have done good deeds for their hometown and brought benefits to their hometown. There are 85 people dedicated to them, from Qu Huang, a minister of the state of Wu, to Chen Hanhui of the Qing Dynasty.

Entering Lingxing gate is Dacheng gate. The main hall in dachengmen is dachengdian, which is the main building and the largest Hall of the Confucian temple. It covers an area of 756 square meters. The building is magnificent and the layout is reasonable, revealing the style of simplicity and atmosphere. In the middle of Dacheng hall is a statue of Confucius, which is located in a miniature shrine. On both sides of the statue of Confucius are statues of "Si Pei" and "Twelve philosophers", each of which lives in a niche. They are dressed in nine chapter costumes and nine dangling crowns, which are made by kings and Marquises. On the crossbeam of the hall, there are eight inscribed tablets written by emperors of different styles in different periods of the Qing Dynasty, reflecting the respect of emperors for knowledge and talents.

In front of the Dacheng hall, there are two sides of the building: the East and West veranda, also known as the twelve sages room, which are dedicated to the sages and Confucians of the past dynasties. There are two osmanthus trees and two apricot trees planted around the floor, and one octagonal well is dug on each side.

The terrace in front of Dacheng hall covers an area of 176 square meters. It has three stone steps and is surrounded by stone railings. All of them are carved with animals.

When offering sacrifices to Confucius, musicians and dancers who played Dacheng music and Wuyi dance, as well as ritual students who practiced ancient rituals, all performed activities on this terrace.

There is an apricot altar in front of Dacheng hall. In front of the apricot altar, there are two stone steps with eight steps of dragon's head handrail. In the middle of the steps is inlaid with a dragon stone carving pattern, which gives people a solemn and serious feeling. The apricot altar is an important place for Confucius to attach importance to educational activities.

Taizhou Confucian temple is divided into east entrance and west entrance with the boundary of "Li men Yi Lu". The title of east entrance is "Tengjiao", and the title of West entrance is "Qifeng". There is a gate for government schools, and the threshold is particularly high. On the door, it is inscribed "mendang" inside and "hudui" outside.

Minglun hall is located in the rear of Dacheng hall. It is a place for Confucius to spread enlightenment. Three thousand disciples study deeply here, listen to the teacher's lectures and digest the teacher's teaching. Zunjing Pavilion is a place for collecting books for disciples to read and study.

Today's Taizhou Confucian temple, through a series of activities such as lecturing and academic exchanges, paying homage to and worshiping the ancestors, has played an extremely important role in educating the later generations of the Chinese nation's excellent Confucianism and etiquette culture, and in cultivating the youth's outlook on life, morality and patriotism.

Address: Fuqian street, Linhai district (next to Taizhou hospital)

Longitude: 121.11448133829

Latitude: 28.84509308216

Ticket information: free.