Qishan Confucius Temple

Qishan Confucius Temple

Qishan Confucius Temple is located in Zhongshan Park, Qishan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Province, covering an area of 41169 square meters. It is the largest Confucius Temple in China. Due to the large space and wide Danlong in front of Dacheng hall, the eight Yi dances dedicated to the emperor are used in the ceremony of Confucius' birthday every year, with 64 people in eight rows and eight columns

Qishan Confucius Temple is located in Zhongshan Park, Qishan District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan Province, covering an area of 41169 square meters. It is the largest Confucius Temple in China. Because the venue is large enough and the Danlong in front of Dacheng hall is wide enough, the eight Yi dance dedicated to the emperor is adopted in the Shidian ceremony of Confucius' birthday every year, with 64 people in eight rows and eight columns. Compared with the ordinary six Yi dance, the scene is more solemn and grand. At the same time, the improved "plucking wisdom and hair, crossing the Cong (onion) gate" activity is adopted to replace the traditional ox hair with a brush. In the tradition, it is quite creative It is welcomed and praised. Kaohsiung's Confucius Temple is the largest in China. It's located in the huge Zhongshan Park. It takes more than 500 stairs to get to the temple from the foot of the mountain. But please don't stop there. There's a way to drive or ride up the mountain. There is a very large square in front of the Confucius Temple for children to fly kites and play games. Walking inside, you can pass dachengmen. Walking a little, you can pass shixingmen. Inside, you can see dachengdian.

Address: Zhongshan Park South, Qishan District, Kaohsiung

Longitude: 120.47624862393

Latitude: 22.888778617754

Chinese PinYin : Qi Shan Kong Miao