Gongcheng Confucian Temple

(the number one temple in Guangxi, four years later than the Forbidden City in Beijing but seven years earlier than Tiananmen)

The total width of the temple is 32.55m, and the depth is 66.8m. The main structure is a mixed load-bearing structure of wood frame and brick wall. There is no main gate, and the entrance and exit from the west gate. The temple covers an area of 2100 square meters, with a construction area of 1033 square meters. It has a stage, a rain Pavilion, a front hall, a main hall and a back hall, and East and West Wing rooms on both sides.

Gongcheng Confucian temple in Guilin

synonym

Gongcheng Confucian temple generally refers to Gongcheng Confucian temple in Guilin

The Confucian temple was built in 1477 to worship Confucius, a famous statesman, thinker and educator in ancient China. The temple is the largest and best preserved palace architecture of Ming Dynasty in Guangxi. Located at the south foot of Xishan Mountain in Gongcheng County, Guilin City, it is the most complete Confucius Temple in Guangxi, the key cultural relics protection unit of Guangxi Autonomous Region, and one of the four Confucius temples in China.

history

According to the records, in 1842, some people thought that the original temple was too small to be a champion. So the government sent Wang Yanzhou and Mo Litang to visit the Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong Province. They took Qufu Confucius Temple as a model to design and draw drawings, raised huge funds, and invited craftsmen from Guangdong, Hunan and other places to rebuild it. It took more than two years to complete and became the largest Confucius Temple in Guangxi. It was destroyed in the war in 1854 and restored in 1861. Since then, it has been repaired more than 20 times. In 1963, the people's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region allocated funds for maintenance, and it was listed as the key cultural relics protection unit of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Champion

The Confucian temple faces south in the north, 6 degrees to the East in the south, overlooking the chajiang River, with its back against the Yinshan Mountain. It is built in accordance with the mountain and is arranged layer by layer, which makes it solemn and solemn. The temple covers an area of 3600 square meters, with a construction area of 1300 square meters. From the ear gates on both sides, the east gate is called the ritual gate, and the west gate is called the Yilu gate. Outside the gate stands a forbidden stele, engraved with "civil and military officials dismount here" to show the solemnity of the Confucius Temple. It is said that when someone wins the number one prize, he opens the gate in the middle of the screen wall, which is called the number one prize gate. If he wants to enter the Lingxing gate from the gate, he is the only one.

After the founding of new China, in order to facilitate the masses to visit, the number one scholar door was opened. It is said that the Lingxing gate was used in Confucius Temple by Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty to worship the Lingxing gate. The door is made of bluestone, with three characters of "Lingxing gate" engraved on it, and reliefs of Shuanglong Xizhu and Shuangfeng Chaoyang. There are six small stone lions peeping at each other at the top of the six big stone pillars of Lingxing gate. After the Lingxing gate is the pan pool, also known as the moon pool. It is built of stone. It is surrounded by bluestones. There is a stone arch bridge across the pool. It is called Zhuangyuan bridge, which means Zhuangyuan can pass through. There is a bluestone carved with cloud relief on the bridge deck, which means "Qingyun straight up". From Lingxing gate to the two-tier platform is Dacheng gate. Dacheng gate is made up of 11 wooden doors with wooden structure. The carved flowers, birds, insects and fish on the upper floor are vivid. To the east of dachengmen is the ancestral hall for famous officials, and to the west is the ancestral hall for rural sages. It is a place dedicated to the sages and Confucians of the past dynasties. There are 143 spiritual tablets. Behind dachengmen is a patio, and in front of it is a broad platform, which is called Xingtan, also called Lutan. It is said that it is the place where Confucius lectured. On top of the altar is Dacheng hall, the main building of the Confucian temple. It has five rooms in width and three rooms in depth. There are ten brick columns, eighteen wooden columns, fourteen gates, doors, windows and cornices decorated with wood carvings. Roof cornice high, double eaves Xieshan, ridge decoration, clay painting, glazed tile cover, resplendent. The shrine in the middle of Dacheng hall is the place where the spirit card of Confucius is worshipped. After Dacheng hall is Chongsheng temple, which is a hall dedicated to the ancestors of Confucius in the Five Dynasties. Chongsheng temple and Dacheng hall are very particular in architectural structure, with different sizes.

In the past dynasties, every year in the second and eighth month of the lunar calendar, sacrifices were held in the main hall. At the dawn of the sacrificial period, the officials dressed in court clothes stood in order, gathered together to salute, and the ceremony was very grand.

Best travel time

Gongcheng Confucian temple in Guilin is suitable for sightseeing all the year round. April to October is the best time to travel every year. Gongcheng Confucian temple in Guilin is located in Guilin, Guangxi. It has a subtropical monsoon climate with mild climate, long summer and short winter, abundant annual precipitation and sunshine. The annual average temperature is 19 degrees and the light is sufficient. There are four seasons, no severe cold in winter and no severe heat in summer. Of course, travel must pay attention to weather changes, so as not to be affected.

Address: at the foot of Yinshan Mountain in the west of Gongcheng County, Guilin City

Longitude: 110.82901763916

Latitude: 24.83376121521

Ticket information: 15 RMB

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