Confucius Temple in Nanning

Confucius Temple is located in Qinghuan Road, Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, covering an area of about 46 mu, with a construction area of more than 3500 square meters. It is located at the foot of Qingxiu mountain, a famous scenic spot in Nanning. Facing the south, you can see the Phoenix Tower on the left, the Dragon elephant tower on the right, and the Bijia mountain on the far side.

The Confucius Temple in Nanning was built in the reign of emperor you of the Northern Song Dynasty (1049-1054). It was originally located in Waisha city (near the foot of the water tower of Xinhua Street). It was moved to Nanning hotel in the third year of Baoqing of the Southern Song Dynasty (1227). From the beginning of its construction to the beginning of the Republic of China, the Confucius Temple in Nanning experienced three times of relocation. Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, it gradually collapsed, leaving only Dacheng hall. In 1982, due to the expansion of Nanning Hotel, the old Confucius Temple was finally demolished. The demolished building materials are preserved in Guangxi exhibition hall. In May 2007, the main project of Confucius Temple in Nanning began to be constructed, and it took more than three years to complete on January 30, 2011. The newly completed Confucius Temple is one of the largest in Guangxi and even Lingnan.

Confucius Temple in Nanning

Nanning Confucius Temple is located in Qinghuan Road, Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, covering an area of about 46 mu, with a construction area of more than 3500 square meters. It is located at the foot of Qingxiu mountain, a famous scenic spot in Nanning, facing south from the north, with Phoenix Tower on the left, dragon elephant tower on the right, and Bijia mountain on the far side.

Historical evolution

The Confucius Temple in Nanning was built in the reign of emperor you of the Northern Song Dynasty (1049-1054). It was originally located in Waisha city (near the foot of the water tower of Xinhua Street). It was moved to Nanning hotel in the third year of Baoqing of the Southern Song Dynasty (1227). From the beginning of its construction to the beginning of the Republic of China, the Confucius Temple in Nanning experienced three times of relocation. Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, it gradually collapsed, leaving only Dacheng hall. In 1982, due to the expansion of Nanning Hotel, the old Confucius Temple was finally demolished. The demolished building materials are preserved in Guangxi exhibition hall. In May 2007, the main project of Confucius Temple in Nanning began to be constructed, and it took more than three years to complete on January 30, 2011. The newly completed Confucius Temple is one of the largest in Guangxi and even Lingnan.

architectural composition

The main buildings of the new Confucius Temple are Lingxing gate, Zhuangyuan gate, Zhuangyuan bridge, panchi, Dacheng gate, Dacheng hall, Chongsheng temple and Minglun hall. There are four stele pavilions in Zhuangyuan gate, each with a stele engraved with inscriptions of Confucius temples built in different times. The grand Dacheng hall has seven rooms. In front of the hall, there are eight opencut dragon columns with a length of 5 meters and a diameter of 1 meter, and five clawed golden dragon plate columns, which are lifelike. Inside the hall, there are statues of Confucius sitting in Mian Diao and Four Saints sitting in Yan Hui, Kong Chen, Zeng Shen and Mencius. The bronze statue of Confucius, 3.8 meters high, is placed on the 1.5-meter-high Xumi seat, which fully demonstrates Confucius's saintly demeanor of "warm but fierce, powerful but not fierce, respectful and peaceful". It is reported that this sitting statue is also the largest and most standard sitting statue of Confucius emperor in the world. On the walls around the Dacheng hall, there are portraits and introductions of Confucius, sages such as Ruo, bu Shang, Zhongyou, and Zhu Xi (twelve matches). Chongsheng Temple behind Dacheng hall. Chongsheng temple is built with the building materials of Dacheng Hall of old Confucius Temple, maintaining the simple style of architecture in Ming and Qing Dynasties. In the middle of the back wall of Chongsheng temple is the statue of Confucius. On the walls around, there are 50 red pottery murals made by Lu quanzhiyi, a famous red pottery artist in Guangxi, during the Wanli period. Through stories, they show the life track of Confucius. The Chongsheng temple also displays the ancient Confucian classics, thread bound ancient books, the life of Confucius, stamps and other articles related to Confucius issued in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan over the years.

Nanning new business card

The completion of the Confucian Temple relocation has awesome significance for the cultural construction of Nanning, which has many meanings to inheriting traditional culture and promoting Nanning culture brand.

First, it is of great significance to enhance Nanning's cultural taste. Nanning has Nanning International Folk Song Festival and other cultural brands, and now there is a new Confucius Temple. The relocation and completion of the Confucius Temple will inject more cultural elements into the soul of Nanning. In the future, guests from Guangxi, China and even ASEAN countries will be able to enjoy another brand with cultural characteristics in Nanning.

Second, Nanning has an educational base for traditional culture. Young people can go to Confucius Temple to learn traditional Chinese culture.

Third, let people have more faith. The appearance of Confucius Temple is a building, and it is also a spiritual home, which allows more people to find their lost spiritual home.

Fourth, it plays an important role in purifying social atmosphere. There is a certain distance between the current social atmosphere and the most ideal state. Units can organize cadres and staff, and schools can organize students to visit. Confucius emphasized that "the gentleman is benevolent, valuing justice over profit", which has a edifying effect on the spirit of the common people, a purifying effect on the social atmosphere, and a shocking effect on some groups.

Fifth, it plays a positive role in the construction of family harmony. Confucius emphasized that benevolence is the core and filial piety is the root. To put filial piety first, to promote filial piety, filial piety to parents and benevolence among the general public can promote a more harmonious society.

Sixth, optimize social customs. China has a long history of thousands of years and various folk customs. Confucius thought emphasizes that "be cautious in the end and pursue the future, and the people's morality will be rich", which means to treat the death of parents cautiously and remember their ancestors for a long time. As people worship Confucius, some good folk customs will reappear.

Seventh, make the society more prosperous and the future more auspicious. Confucius advocated "benevolence, benevolence and filial piety". Learning from the progress of Confucius' thought can make the people's style and heart right. The most important and best customs are the people's style, the people's mind and the social atmosphere. The society will be more prosperous and the future will be more auspicious.

Traffic information

Take W8 road to Nanning Confucius Temple Station

Operation time and route of W8 bus:

Operation time: 8:00-18:00

Route: Zhuxi interchange - Zhuxi Huige intersection - Municipal Intermediate Court - Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau - Qingshan vegetable market - Qinghuan Qingshan intersection - traffic police team 9 - Qingxiushan South Gate (temporary station) - Nanning Confucius Temple - xialang village - Guangxi Ethnic Museum

Nanning Tourism Special Line

(the ticket price is 15 yuan per person, valid in two days, and can be boarded and alighted four times, every 60 minutes, and the running time is 9:30-16:30)

Route: Nanning international tourism distribution center -- Guangxi Museum (cultural relics garden) -- Wuxiang square -- Exhibition Center -- Langdong station -- Southeast Asian food District -- Wayao ancient temple -- Guangxi National Museum -- Nanning Confucius Temple -- Nanning Bridge -- Qingxiu mountain scenery spot -- lakeside square -- National square -- Macao street -- Nanning International Tourism Distribution Center

Address: No.9 Qinghuan Road, Qingxiu District, Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Longitude: 108.39361

Latitude: 22.77797

Tel: 0771-5531030

Ticket information: Free

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