How big is the area of Confucius Temple?
Confucius Temple, with Dacheng Hall as the center and north and south as an axis, is a symmetrical building. Its area is now listed as a municipal cultural relics protection unit.
Nanjing Confucius Temple is located in Gong Yuan Street, north bank of Qinhuai River, Qinhuai District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, west of Jiangnan Gongyuan, namely Nanjing Confucius Temple, Nanjing Confucian Temple and Wenxuan King Temple. It is the first national institution of higher learning in China and one of the four major Confucian temples in China.
Introduction to Confucius Temple:
Confucius Temple is the largest traditional ancient market in China, and the four downtown areas in China, with the same name as Shanghai Chenghuang Temple, Suzhou Xuanmiao Temple and Beijing Tianqiao. It is also an open national AAAAA tourist attraction and an international tourist attraction in China.
Confucius Temple is a group of large-scale ancient buildings, mainly composed of Confucius Temple, Gong Xue and Gong Yuan, covering a huge area. There are buildings such as Zhaobi, Chi Pan, Paifang, Juxing Court, Kuixingge, Lingxingmen, Dacheng Hall, Mingdetang and Zunjingge. Confucius Temple, known as the scenic spot of Qinhuai, has become a characteristic landscape area of the ancient capital Nanjing. From the Six Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, many aristocratic families gathered nearby, so it was called the "Six Dynasties Gold Powder".
History of Confucius Temple:
In the third year of Xiankang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (337), the Confucius Temple was founded. According to Wang Dao's theory that "training talents is the key to governing the country", Imperial College was established on the south bank of Qinhuai River. At that time, there was only Gong Xue, and there was no Confucius Temple. In the first year of Jingyou in the Northern Song Dynasty (1034), the Confucius Temple was expanded from the Eastern Jin Academy, so it was also called Confucius Temple because it was dedicated to Confucius. The purpose of building the Confucius Temple in front of Gong Xue is to hope that the literati will take the road of sages and receive feudal education.