Jiangbei Catholic Church

Jiangbei Catholic Church

It was built by Bishop Su of Zhejiang diocese. In 1899, the clock tower was added. The whole bell tower (including the piano room) is composed of the main hall, the Bishop's office, the hall area and dormitory, the dressing room, the library, the mother's hall, the printing room, etc. The church bell tower has Gothic style. Well preserved. On July 28, 2014, it was burned by a fire of unknown reasons.

Introduction to scenic spots

The whole building is composed of church, bell tower, episcopal Scripture collection building and ancillary rooms, which has a typical Gothic architectural style. Jiangbei Catholic Church is a national excellent modern building. It is listed as the key cultural relics protection unit in Zhejiang Province and the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units. It has a high historical, cultural and artistic value, and it is also an important witness of the invasion of China by French imperialism.

Catholicism has been introduced into Ningbo for more than 350 years. In 1628, a Portuguese missionary (unknown name) came to Ningbo to teach. Six years later, an Italian named Lillian preached in Yin District. In 1648, the Italian Wei Jitai established a Catholic Church in Ningbo, which was soon destroyed by the Qing army. In 1713, Guo Zhongchuan, a legal person, bought land in yaohang street of Ningbo to rebuild the Catholic Church. When Yongzheng ascended the throne, he destroyed the church and killed the believers, which severely hit the Catholic Church. In the first year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1851), Gu Fangji, the Roman missionary extension committee, took over the post of Zhejiang educational administration in Ningbo. Since then, there has been a bishop in Ningbo. In the third year of Xianfeng, the church was rebuilt at the original site of yaohang street, but it was rebuilt the next year. Ten years later (1860) it was rebuilt, and the clock tower was added in 1868. In 1872, the Catholic Church on the North Bank of the Yangtze River was built by the French bishop Su of Zhejiang diocese.

Jiangbei Tang district has seven Tang districts: Jiangbei, Cicheng, xiashao, Chaiqiao, Shenma, Zhenhai Chengguan and Lanshan, with a total of 900 believers in 2000.

Interior landscape

Key cultural relics protection units at the provincial level. It is located on the North Bank of "Sanjiangkou" at the north end of Xinjiang bridge on the North Bank of the river in Ningbo City. The whole building complex is composed of bishop's mansion, local hall and some side houses. The building is complete and uniform, magnificent and magnificent, especially the towering church, with its unique Gothic architectural style, won the first place of the Catholic Church in our province.

Jiangbei Catholic Church (formerly French) in Ningbo, which is recommended as a national excellent modern building and listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Zhejiang Province, is located in beitu, Xinjiang bridge, Ningbo City. It was built in the 11th year of Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1872 AD). In 1899, the clock tower was added. The whole building is composed of church, bell tower and side house. It has a typical Roman Gothic style and is well preserved. It has important historical, cultural and artistic values, and it is also a historical witness of the invasion of China by the French emperor.

Catholicism has been introduced into Ningbo for more than 350 years. In 1628, a Portuguese missionary came to Ningbo to set up a professor

The apprentice. Six years later, an Italian named Lillian preached in Yin District. In 1648, the Italian Wei Jitai established a Catholic Church in Ningbo, which was soon destroyed by the Qing army. In 1713, Guo Zhongchuan, a legal person, bought land in yaohang street of Ningbo to rebuild the Catholic Church. When Yongzheng ascended the throne, he destroyed the church and killed the believers, which severely hit the Catholic Church.

When Yongzheng ascended the throne, he destroyed the church and killed the Catholics. Catholicism was severely hit. During the period of Qianlong and Jiaqing, the educational administration of Ningbo gradually declined. Until the 23rd year of Daoguang (1843), Gu Fangji was the bishop of Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces, inspecting the academic affairs, which was the beginning of the Bishop's coming to the south. Then, in the 25th year of Daoguang, the priest Gu Qiji found the site of the hall built by Guo Zhongchuan during the reign of Emperor Kangxi for renovation. In the first year of Xianfeng (l851), the Vatican wanted Gu Fangji to succeed him in Ningbo and take charge of the clerical affairs of Zhejiang Province. This was the beginning of the Catholic Church in Ningbo. In the third year of Xianfeng, the construction of the Catholic Church in yaohang street was started. In the third year of Xianfeng, di was rebuilt. In the seventh year of tongzhi (l853), the bell tower was added. When the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom settled in Ningbo, the Qing government used the French general leberdong as the general of Zhejiang Province. Under the control of ningshaotai Road, it organized a foreign spear team to protect Catholicism.

The Catholic Church on the North Bank of the Yangtze River was built by Zhejiang diocese and French bishop Su in 1872. In 1884, Zhao Baolu succeeded as bishop. During the Sino French war, the Qing government decreed to protect the church, so that it was safe. In 1899, the clock tower was built. From 1927 to the beginning of liberation, diande became bishop.

Heritage value

Jiangbei Catholic Church is located on the Bund of the North Bank of the Yangtze River in Ningbo. It is the highest grade and most complete church building in Zhejiang Province. The complex is composed of bell tower, Bishop's office, the parish and some quarters and living rooms for believers. The structure is neat and has a typical Gothic architectural style. At the same time, influenced by the traditional Chinese architecture, the internal structure adopts the lifting beam type, the "Latin" cross type, the holy chamber at the end of the plane is covered with the Chinese zanjianding, and the Chinese tubular tile is adopted, which has become an important example of the integration of Chinese and Western architecture in the early days. Bell tower, magnificent, known as the leader of Zhejiang. Jiangbei Catholic Church witnessed the history of urban development and urban architecture after the opening of Ningbo's "five trade ports", which led to the formation of the whole Jiangbei District of Ningbo.

In June 2006, it was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.

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Address: No.2, Zhongma Road, Jiangbei District, Ningbo

Longitude: 121.560274

Latitude: 29.874568

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