Deqing Confucius Temple

Deqing Confucius Temple is the oldest, largest and most distinctive Confucius Temple in South China. It covers an area of 10000 square meters and a construction area of nearly 5000 square meters. It is a key cultural relic protection unit of the state. Deqing Confucius Temple was first built in 1011 A.D. and rebuilt in 1297 A.D. in the first year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty. The whole temple is divided into three groups of buildings: the left, the middle and the right. It can be said that it integrates all kinds of buildings, such as hall, altar, Pavilion, ancestral temple, veranda (that is, corridor), pool and bridge. Among them, Dacheng hall and Yangsheng garden are more distinctive and are known as our Confucius Temple The two sides of the temple are the treasures of the big town temple.

Deqing Confucius Temple

Deqing Confucius Temple

It is the oldest, largest and most distinctive Confucius Temple in southern China. In November 1996, it was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council. Deqing Confucius Temple was first built in 1011 A.D. and rebuilt in 1297 A.D. in the first year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty. The whole temple is divided into left, middle and right buildings with the north-south axis. It can be said that it is a collection of hall, altar, pavilion, ancestral temple, veranda (that is, corridor), pool and bridge. Now the whole scenic area is mainly composed of lingxingmen, Dacheng hall, Minghuan temple and Xiang temple It is composed of Xian temple, Zunsheng Yi temple, East and West veranda, Zunjing Pavilion and Yangsheng garden, covering an area of 10000 square meters and a construction area of nearly 5000 square meters. Among them, Dacheng hall and Yangsheng garden are more distinctive, and they are known as the treasures of the big towns on both sides of our Confucius Temple.

The history and value of Deqing Confucius Temple

Deqing Confucius Temple in Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province is the oldest, largest and most distinctive Confucius Temple in southern China. In November 1996, it was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit. Deqing Confucius Temple was first built in 1011 A.D. and rebuilt in 1297 A.D. in the first year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty. The whole temple is divided into left, middle and right buildings with the north-south axis. It can be said that it integrates all kinds of buildings, such as hall, altar, pavilion, ancestral temple, veranda, pool and bridge. Now the whole scenic area is mainly composed of lingxingmen, dachengmen, dachengdian and Mingcheng It is composed of official Temple, Xiangxian temple, zunshengyi temple, East and West veranda, Chongsheng hall, Zunjing Pavilion and Yangsheng garden, covering an area of 10000 square meters and a construction area of nearly 5000 square meters (4889? O). Among them, Dacheng hall and Yangsheng garden are more distinctive, and they are known as the treasures of the big towns on both sides of our Confucius Temple.

Deqing Confucius Temple is known as the national treasure, and is praised by the world for its four characteristics of ancient, strange, majestic and thick.

A brief introduction to the architecture of the Confucius Temple in Deqing

The temple has exquisite architectural art and unique architectural style. The center of the temple is north-south axis, which is divided into three groups: left, middle and right. There are halls, altars, pavilions, ancestral temples, verandas (corridors), pools, bridges and other buildings. Now we can see Dacheng hall is the main building of our Confucius Temple, which retains the style and characteristics of wood architecture of song and Yuan Dynasties: the roof slope of single building is increased, the architectural style is becoming softer, and a large number of "column reduction method" is used.

With the spread of Confucianism to the south, Deqing developed education on a larger scale. In the Song Dynasty, Deqing Confucius Temple was built to commemorate Confucius and pay more attention to culture and education.

The relationship between Deqing and Confucius Culture

Deqing is the hometown of dragon mother and an important communication base of Lingnan Confucius culture. We have comprehensively restored and constructed the Deqing Confucius Temple and held traditional sacrificial activities. After the spring sacrificial activities, Deqing Confucius Temple will also hold annual autumn sacrificial activities around Confucius' birthday (September 28, Gregorian calendar). From 2003 to 2004, Minglun hall, Kuixing Pavilion, Chongsheng hall and Zunjing hall were built respectively The old street (West Section) of Xuegong (Confucius Temple) was expanded.

At present, the whole scenic area is mainly composed of lingxingmen, dachengmen, dachengdian, Minghuan temple, Xiangxian temple, zunshengyi temple, East and West veranda, chongshengdian, zunjingge, yangshengyuan, etc., covering an area of 10000 square meters and a construction area of nearly 5000 square meters (4889? O). Among them, Dacheng hall and Yangsheng garden are more distinctive, and they are known as the treasures of the big towns on both sides of our Confucius Temple.

Address: near worker culture palace, Deqing County, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 111.76853182793

Latitude: 23.138987242402

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