Confucius Temple in Hangzhou

Located at the south end of Laodong Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, Hangzhou Confucius Temple was first built in the Northern Song Dynasty and moved to its present site in the first year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1131).

The contents of the exhibition mainly include the relics of Confucius, Confucian culture, ancient Chinese imperial examination culture and tablet inscriptions.

Confucian Temple

synonym

Hangzhou Confucius Temple generally refers to Confucius Temple (Hangzhou Confucius Temple, Zhejiang Province)

Hangzhou Confucius Temple (stele forest) was originally the seat of Lin'an Fu Xue in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was built in the first year of Shaoxing (1131) of Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty. Hangzhou Confucius Temple is located at No. 8, Fu Xue lane, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou City, at the foot of Wu mountain, Southeast of the West Lake. At the foot of Fenghuang mountain, it is the site of Confucius Temple in song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, which occupies a very important position in Hangzhou history.

The origin of history

Hangzhou Confucius Temple (stele forest) was originally the seat of Lin'an school in the Southern Song Dynasty. It was built in the first year of Shaoxing (1131). After that, apart from burning and rebuilding or expanding the scale, Fu Xue was a government run institution in Hangzhou until the abolition of the imperial examination system in 1905.

geographical position

The Confucius Temple is located at No.57 Laodong Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, at the foot of Wushan mountain, Southeast of the West Lake. It covers an area of about 4400 square meters, with a total construction area of about 1500 square meters. The architectural pattern is regular and the style is simple and elegant. There are more than 500 kinds of stone inscriptions from Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty, including imperial pen, local historical materials, famous calligraphy, figure portraits, astronomical star map, water conservancy map and so on. Among them, the stone Scripture of Southern Song Dynasty by song Gaozong, stone carving of sixteen Arhats by Guanxiu, stone carving of Confucius and his seventy-two disciples by Li Gonglin and stone carving star map of Five Dynasties by five dynasties are the most famous.

Layout structure

In addition, there are stone inscriptions by famous calligraphers such as Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Su Dongpo, Mi Fu and Zhu Yunming, and imperial steles in the Southern Song Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. What is more worth mentioning is a number of historical monuments, which record the historical facts of water conservancy construction, seawall construction and salt transportation in Hangzhou and its surrounding towns, and provide valuable information for the study of water conservancy in Hangzhou and the promotion of Hangzhou's economic development. Therefore, it is known as a "stone library" integrating history, science and art in Hangzhou.

Scale of Confucius Temple

Hangzhou Confucius Temple is located at 8 Fuxue lane, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, at the foot of Wushan mountain, Southeast of the West Lake. It faces south in the north, starts from Fuxue Lane in the south, connects Wahaha primary school in the north, Laodong road in the East and China Academy of Fine Arts in the West. It not only enjoys the beauty of lakes and mountains, but also has profound cultural heritage.

Hangzhou Confucius Temple is not only the Lin'an school in the Southern Song Dynasty, but also the location of the Confucius Temple in the song, yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. It occupies a very important position in the history of Hangzhou.

Cultural relics protection

In 1961, the stone scriptures of the Southern Song Dynasty in the Confucius Temple in Hangzhou were announced by the people's Government of Zhejiang Province as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in Zhejiang Province.

Comprehensive renovation

In 1979, the Zhejiang provincial and Hangzhou municipal governments renovated the Confucius Temple, and made use of a large number of ancient steles collected by the Confucius Temple and the lost and found steles collected over the years to transform the Confucius Temple into a forest of Steles in Hangzhou.

Historical records

According to historical records, the Confucius Temple in Hangzhou was built at the foot of Fenghuang mountain during the reign of emperor Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty (1023-1063). In the first year of Shaoxing (1131), Lin'an Fu Xue was moved to the west of Lingjia bridge under Yunsi river. The old foundation of Hui'an temple was rebuilt. It is located in the north of Fu Zhi, which is where it is now. In the 12th year of Shaoxing (1142), Hangzhou government school was once added as the highest school in China by the Southern Song Dynasty. According to the educational system, the main building of the school is the temple of Confucius.

The scale

The Confucius Temple in Hangzhou was expanded in 1216, the ninth year of Jiading in the Southern Song Dynasty. With Dacheng hall as the central axis, it erected halberd gate and Lingxing gate, built veranda, hall, and pavilion. By the Yuan Dynasty, Hangzhou Fu Xue had been known as "the outstanding school in Southeast Asia". In the 31th year of Guangxu (1905), the old school was abolished, and the Confucius Temple was only a place for offering sacrifices to Confucius in spring and autumn every year. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was occupied by units and dwellings. Due to neglect of maintenance, only Dacheng hall remained after the "Cultural Revolution". With the development of the times, Hangzhou municipal Party committee and government pay more and more attention to the reconstruction of Confucius Temple.

Opening to the outside world

In 2001, the restoration project of Confucius Temple was set up. The project started in 2007 and was completed in 2008. It was officially opened to the public on September 28, 2008 (Confucius birthday). According to the traditional pattern, cultural heritage, cultural connotation and Jiangnan garden characteristics, the plane layout and architectural style are divided into East and west regions, which are both coherent and relatively independent.

Architectural pattern

Hangzhou Confucius temple covers an area of 1.32 hectares, with a total construction area of 5581 square meters. It is composed of East and west regions which are coherent and relatively independent.

The west district is the central axis of Hangzhou Confucius Temple, which focuses on the cultural essence of Hangzhou Confucius Temple. Taking Dacheng hall as the core, the axis adopts a balanced, symmetrical, regular and square layout, highlighting the solemn and solemn atmosphere of the axis and the supreme authority of Confucius as a great thinker. There are two entrances from Lingxing gate: the first one is from Lingxing gate to Dacheng gate, and the second one is from Dacheng gate to Dacheng hall. In this way, the original style of the central axis of the Confucius Temple is completely preserved, and the whole building is scattered in height and in order.

The eastern district is a typical garden style courtyard in the south of the Yangtze River, with flowers and birds singing, water flowing and various buildings scattered like pearls. Shuiting is located in the center of the whole courtyard. Shijing Pavilion, Xingxiang Pavilion, Wenchang Pavilion and other buildings are scattered in the rockery pool, and they are organically connected by long winding corridors. Nearly 500 steles contain profound historical accumulation and rich cultural connotation, which are displayed in pavilions and pavilions, and are integrated with graceful Jiangnan gardens

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Address: 65 Laodong Road, Shangcheng District, Hangzhou

Longitude: 120.16300201416

Latitude: 30.242700576782

Tel: 0571-87015011

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: 09:00 ~ 16:30 (closed every Monday)

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