Kuanggong Temple

Kuanggong Temple

Kuanggong temple is located in Ximei lane, Daoqian street. Kuang Gong temple was built in the sixth year of Daoguang (1826) of the Qing Dynasty (the original site was Wuxian temple, where Kuang Zhong had studied and met visitors during the period of Dingyou). It was rebuilt in the eleventh year of tongzhi (1872) of the Qing Dynasty and rebuilt in 1933. There are buildings such as hall of enjoyment and stage in the temple. Kuanggong temple is a municipal cultural relics protection unit. In 2002, Canglang District invested 3 million yuan in the overall renovation of kuanggong temple, which was opened as the cultural activity center of Canglang District. In recent years, Kuang Gong temple takes Kuang Zhong's honest deeds as the main line, combined with the world intangible cultural heritage Kunqu Opera "shi5guan", so that the wind of honesty is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and has become the main propaganda position of anti-corruption construction in Canglang District. More than 30000 teams and individuals have come to visit and study.

brief introduction

Kuanggong Temple

It is a special memorial hall in memory of Kuang Zhong. It was listed as a cultural relic protection unit in Suzhou in 1963. Kuanggong Temple Gate East, brick thin door upstairs kuanggong Temple banner. Inside, the hard mountain style hall faces south, with flat beams and a front turning porch. It is 13 meters wide and 11 meters deep. There is a stage in the south of the hall. The front desk is 5 meters square, about 08 meters above the ground. It is open on three sides. The top is Xieshan style, and the south is connected with the three backstages. The general plane of the front and rear platforms is convex. There are two courtyards in the west, two entrances to the building and a boat hall in the interior, and three entrances to the East in the south. Kuang Gong ancestral hall, stage, ship hall, two into the building has been overhauled in 1993, 1994, is now used by Canglang District Library.

Profile

Kuang Zhong (1383-1443) was born in Jing'an County, Jiangxi Province. He was a junior official at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and was recommended to be a doctor in the Ministry of rites. In 1430, he was appointed as the governor of Suzhou. With the support of governor Zhou Chen, he vigorously reformed the bad government, reduced heavy taxes, reduced heavy corvee, set up warehouses to help farmers, and built water conservancy. At the end of his term of office, more than 20000 people begged to stay, moved the court and issued an imperial edict to stay. Kuang Qingtian's name is a household name in Suzhou. During his 13 years in office, he became ill after overwork. He died in the office in December of the seventh year of Zhengtong (January 1443).

address

31 Ximei lane, Daoqian Street

Address: No.31, Ximei lane, Gusu District, Suzhou

Longitude: 120.618932

Latitude: 31.302494

Ticket information: free.