Confucius Temple Qinhuai River Then why are there two dragons?
"Nanjing Confucius Temple Zhaobi is located at the southernmost tip of the central axis of Confucius Temple, on the south bank of Qinhuai River on the east side of Wende Bridge. It is the most beautiful place in China, and is known as "the first wall in the world". Significantly different from the Confucius Temple all over the country, it takes the natural river course of Qinhuai River as the basin, on which there is a pattern of playing pearls with dragons. It embodies the geomantic system of ancient architecture in China, "there is a photo before, and there is a leaning behind."
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Confucius Temple, also known as Nanjing Confucius Temple and Confucian Temple, is the four major Confucian temples in China, the hub of ancient Jiangnan culture in China, and the gathering place of Jinling's history and humanities. It is not only the cultural and educational center of Nanjing in Ming and Qing Dynasties, but also the highest cultural and educational complex in southeast provinces. Now it is an important part of the Qinhuai scenic belt of Confucius Temple.
Confucius Temple is a place dedicated to Confucius, a famous great educator and thinker in China. Confucius was revered as Confucius in ancient times, so his temple was commonly called "Confucius Temple". Because of the orthodox position of Confucianism, its founder Confucius was highly respected by rulers and scholars in feudal society, and there were more than one Confucius temple dedicated to him all over the country, in some places.
Confucius Temple, as a place where feudal literati offered sacrifices, was mostly equipped with educational facilities (such as Gong Xue and Gong Yuan). ), the so-called temples attached to Gong Xue, are usually in front of or on one side of Gong Xue.
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