Confucius Temple in Taichung
The Confucius Temple in Taichung is a palace like temple completed in 1976. The temple is built in Chinese style with solemn and majestic momentum. In the center of the temple is Dacheng hall, which is dedicated to the throne of the supreme sage and forefather. It is one of the important places in Central Taiwan for the annual memorial ceremony. The Zhonglie temple is close to the Confucius Temple. It is surrounded by trees and can be visited together.
Confucius Temple in Taichung
In 1889, a Confucius Temple was built in Taichung, which was similar to that in Changhua. However, it was used as a military camp in the early years of Japanese occupation and was soon destroyed. According to historical materials, the Confucius Temple project in Taichung costs thirty-two thousand of the total amount of silver. Compared with the twenty-eight thousand and two of the examination hall in the Taichung City during the same period, the cost of the Yamen twenty-two thousand and the Town God's Temple eight thousand and two hundred, it was known that the cost of the temple at Confucius was expensive. The Confucius Temple in Taichung was proposed by the Taichung City Council and planned by the municipal government. In September 1972, a Construction Committee was set up and commissioned by the Department of public works of Taiwan Province to plan and design the temple. The foundation was laid in June 1974 and completed in 1976.
brief introduction
characteristic
It adopts Chinese style architecture with solemn and majestic momentum, which is rare in other parts of the province. The entrance of the Confucius Temple is on Shuangshi road. There are two archways at the intersection. The building adopts the square palace style. In the center is Dacheng hall, which is dedicated to the throne of the most saints and ancestors. It is also the main place for the annual Confucius Ceremony.
Introduction to scenic spots
Confucius Temple and Zhonglie temple are located near the intersection of Shuangshi road and Lixing road. The two buildings are built adjacent to each other. Both of them adopt Chinese style architecture. They are majestic and majestic, which are rare in other parts of the province.
The entrance of the Confucius Temple is on Shuangshi road. There are two archways at the intersection. The building adopts the square palace style, with Dacheng hall in the center, which is the memorial tablet for the most saints and ancestors. It is also the main place for the annual ceremony of Confucius.
Zhonglie temple is located on Lixing road. Its architecture is mainly yellow and white, clean and quiet. The main hall is dedicated to the shrine of revolutionary martyrs. Beside the hall, there are towering green trees, orchids and bonsai planted on the left side, which are beautiful and attractive. The Taichung Theological Seminary near the martyr's temple is also a garden of success. You can stop by.
Architectural form
In addition to referring to the Confucius Temple in Qufu, its architectural form also solicited the opinions of scholars and experts. In order to distinguish it from the martyr's Temple (adopting Qing Dynasty palace style architecture and color painting), it finally decided to adopt the Song Dynasty palace style architecture to take its rich, solemn, simple and spectacular.
One of the architectural features.
The structure of Confucius Temple in Taichung city is based on the reduction of the scale of Confucius Temple in Qufu, so the spatial elements are more diverse. Daoguan ancient and modern and demou heaven and earth, two six column and five room archways, are located on Lixing Road, with a single eaves and blue glazed tile roof, but the columns stand out. In the middle of the two archways, the axis changes. From south to north, they are Zhaobi, Fuxingmen, panchi, Yongdao, liaoting, Yisuo, Guande gate, Yucui gate, Dacheng gate, Dacheng hall, dongxiwei and Chongsheng temple. Zhaobi adopts the northern style, the top of the hall is covered with yellow glazed tiles, and the glazed surface is floating with the theme of "Confucius study tour".
Opposite to the Zhaobi is the Fuxing gate, with two gates of Jinsheng and Yuzhen standing on each side, each with Huabiao as its pillar and palisade as its gate. There is a pair of lions on the head of the two pillars in the center, which is usually closed and only opens at the memorial ceremony. According to ancient rites, only the emperor and the number one scholar can get in and out of the Fuxing gate. Panchi is a semicircle behind the star gate. It spans a "blue water bridge" and its hurdles are similar to those of the Song Dynasty.
Between panchi and dachengmen is a corridor with stone lanterns on both sides and banyan trees; it was originally a garden outside Taichung shrine during the Japanese occupation. On both sides of the end of the corridor, there are Liao Pavilion and burial place, which are separated on the platform. The Liao Pavilion is square, and the burial place is octagonal. It is the place where Mao blood and Liao silk cloth were buried during the memorial ceremony. On the side of Shuangshi Road, Guande gate is the main entrance to the Confucius Temple in Taichung city. It is opposite to Yucui gate on both sides of the vestibule of Dacheng gate. Its name comes from Confucius Temple in Qufu, that is, it has the same nature as Li men and Yi Lu. Its roof adopts the Northern Style Xieshan, covered with blue glazed tiles.
Dacheng's facade is five bay wide. It is decorated with yellow glazed tiles on the top of Xieshan mountain. The arch beams are decorated with song style color paintings. The six boards of the middle door are decorated with 84 copper nails, and the other four doors are decorated with 70 copper nails, all painted with vermilion. Usually, only the outermost side door is opened. Dacheng hall is the main building of Confucius Temple in Taichung city. It stands on the platform (Yi stage). In front of the platform, there are Danbi Yunlong stone withers, and the left and right corners are ritual music platforms, which are surrounded by hurdles and drums. The roof is covered with yellow glazed tiles and the double eaves veranda of the northern style. Due to the song style, there is no animal in Zhengqin. Therefore, there is no common decoration of Tongtian tube and owl in Minnan style Confucius Temple. In the wing corner, the column is raised and tilted inward to correct the visual distortion caused by larger scale. Eaves, brackets, beams and ceiling are decorated with song style color paintings, and the column is decorated with granite.
The front is seven Bay wide, and the open room is wider than the secondary room and the slightly open room. The doors are painted in vermilion. The interior space is large-span and pillarless. There is a shrine in the middle of the room, which is dedicated to the shrine of Confucius, the supreme sage of Dacheng. On the top of it is a plaque entitled "the best of virtue" by Yan Jiagan. On both sides of the East and the west, there are twelve sages with four. The interior is decorated with brackets and the ceiling is decorated with auspicious dragons.
The East and West verandahs are separated on both sides of Dacheng hall, and connected with the corridor of Dacheng gate and Chongsheng temple to form a closed courtyard with a rolling shed roof. The lower eaves and walls are cut like granite stones, and the eaves are decorated with song style color paintings. The internal worship of Confucius sages and Confucians. Chongshengci (also known as Shengzu Hall) is located at the end of the Confucius Temple complex. It has a five bay width, a single eaves veranda and a yellow glazed tile roof. The pillars of the gallery and the parapet of the platform base are cut like granite stones, and the beams are decorated with song style color paintings. The ancestral hall is dedicated to the ancestral shrine of Confucius, and also to the ancestral shrine of sages and Confucians.
Architectural history
The original site of the Confucius Temple was the air force children's primary school and staff dormitory. In 1967, the school moved to Jianxing road and was renamed the provincial Three Kingdoms primary school. The original site was planned to be transformed into a Confucius Temple. The Confucius Temple Committee is under the planning, design and supervision of the public works bureau of Taiwan Province, and the construction of Qingren construction plant and Taiwan pavement engineering company. There are some ancient books to follow, but in order to carefully consider, in addition to the references of Qufu county annals and que Li literature, scholars and experts were widely consulted. In order to distinguish it from the adjacent Zhonglie Temple (Qing Dynasty palace architecture and painting), the palace architecture of the Song Dynasty was finally adopted to take its rich, elegant, simple and spectacular features. The plane configuration is reduced according to the layout of Qufu Confucius Temple.
The total construction area of Confucius Temple is 23653.20 square meters, and the total building area is 2363.88 square meters. Because it is a classical architecture, and it is a rare song style in Taiwan. Its structure is complex and changeable, and its decoration is complex and meticulous. In construction, it is like pouring concrete, from formwork assembly to steel bar binding, and each detail is accurately corrected. The exterior decoration needs to be carefully polished. The color paintings of all the temples in the Confucius Temple are all song style. They are mainly made of rolled grass and flowers, and the shapes are depicted by the depth of color. The construction is quite delicate and complicated. It can be said that it is a rare example of architecture in Taiwan, which is worthy of public study and appreciation. The overall architectural complex of Confucius Temple includes the following architectural elements:
The archway, Zhaobi, Lingxing gate, panchi front yard, Guande gate, Yucui gate, liaoting, burial place, Dacheng gate, Dacheng hall, Dongwu, Xiwu and Chongsheng Temple are among the most complete Confucius temples in Taiwan. In addition to the fact that the plan looks like Qufu, the architectural vocabulary terms and elements of Qufu are also quoted, such as Guande gate and Yucui gate, which are different from the ritual gate and Yilu of Minnan style architecture. Although it is a new building with reinforced concrete, the Confucian temple can be regarded as the pioneer of Chinese classical style new architecture in terms of the spirit of restoring the ancients and the expression of the overall image.
Inscriptions of Confucius Temple
Taichung is not only a place with rich cultural heritage, but also a hub of Taiwan's provincial government. It is not a pity that there is no Confucius Temple in Taichung. Confucius is a model of all ages. It is based on the establishment of Confucian temples in all counties and cities, the proposal of the Council, the planning of the municipal government, the sponsorship of the local elders, and the donation of 1500 square meters of land in Dazhi road by Mr. Yan Qinxian, a representative of the National Congress of the people's Republic of China, as well as the guidance and assistance of the provincial government. In September 1972, a Construction Committee was set up, with Nai, former Secretary General of the provincial government, as its chairman. In August 1973, Shaohua Geng, as its successor, successively drew and appraised the works. The foundation was laid in June 1974. After years of operation, it was finally completed in 1976. From then on, the temple is towering and there is land in Minglun. Looking forward to the sublimity of the gate and wall, we can ascend the holy city together, enter the profound of Mingtang, and share the edification. I would like to record that it is very important to eliminate the heresy of the traitors and bandits, restore the inherent morality, seek the happiness of human beings, and enter the Great Harmony of the world
Traffic tips
Take bus: 1. Take Taichung bus No.41 and get off at the stadium or double ten middle school. 2. Take Renyou bus No.20, 51, 53 and get off at Shuangshi middle school. Self driving: get off the expressway from Daya (Zhongqing) interchange Road, follow Zhongqing road and Daya Road, drive eastward through Jianxing Road, then turn right from Beitun Road, and take Shuangshi Road, which is diagonally opposite, to the south.
Address: No.30, Section 2, Shuangshi Road, North District, Taichung
Longitude: 120.689904
Latitude: 24.154339388157
Tel. + 886-4-22332264
Tour time: 1 hour
Traffic information: take bus No.7 and get off at shuangshixingjin intersection;
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Confucius Temple in Taichung
