Jilin Confucian Temple Museum

Jilin Confucian temple, Qufu Confucian temple, Nanjing Confucian temple and Beijing Confucian temple are known as the four Confucian temples in China. Jilin Confucian temple was built in 1742 by Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty. Located in Wenmiao street, Changyi District, Jilin City, Jilin Confucian temple is a key cultural relic protection unit in Jilin Province. The Confucian temple was built in memory of Confucius. The Confucian temple faces south. The red walls around it are 3 meters high, covering an area of 16.354 square meters. There are 64 halls and balconies, forming a three entrance courtyard. The main building of Confucian temple is Dacheng hall. Dacheng hall has Chinese traditional architectural art style. In the center of the hall, there is a statue of Confucius, the Supreme Master of Dacheng. On both sides, there are four images of Fu Sheng Yan Zi (Ming Hui, Zi Yuan), Zongsheng Zeng Zi (Ming Shen, Zi Yu), Shu Sheng Zi Si (Zi Zi Si, the grandson of Confucius) and Ya Sheng Meng Zi (Ming Ke, Zi Che). In the north of Dacheng hall, there is Chongsheng hall, with a width of 7 rooms. It is dedicated to the memorial tablet of Confucius' father and ancestor of the last five generations. It is Confucius' family temple.

Jilin Confucian Temple Museum

synonym

Jilin Confucian Temple Museum generally refers to Jilin Confucian Temple Museum

Jilin Confucian temple is located in the center of Jilin Province, on the North Bank of Songhua River. It was first built in 1736 and completed in 1742. In 1906, the land was moved and rebuilt. The existing Confucian temple in Jilin is built in Qing Dynasty. The Confucian temple is a place for offering sacrifices to Confucius. Local officials in the Qing Dynasty went to the Confucian temple every spring and autumn to offer sacrifices to Confucius. It is open from 8:30 to 16:00 every morning.

brief introduction

Jilin Confucian temple covers an area of 16354 square meters, with 64 halls and balconies. It is surrounded by a 3-meter-high wall with a perimeter of 596 meters. It faces south to form a three entrance courtyard. Its main buildings are on a central axis, namely Zhaobi (40 meters long and 5 meters high), Zhuangyuan Bridge, panchi, Lingxing gate (3 Ying), Dacheng gate (5 rooms), Dacheng Hall (19.46 meters high, 36 meters wide and 25 meters deep), Chongsheng Hall (7 rooms) ）。 The auxiliary buildings on the left and right sides are arranged symmetrically, including the famous official ancestral hall, the Xiangxian ancestral hall, the provincial sacrificial hall, the sacrificial instrument library, the Xianxian ancestral hall and the Xianru ancestral hall. As soon as the Confucian temple enters the courtyard, there are East and West gates on both sides. Both sides of dachengmen are jinshengyuzhenmen.

architectural composition

Jilin Confucian temple is 221 meters long from north to South and 74 meters wide from east to west. Dacheng gate, Dacheng hall, Chongsheng hall, dongxiyuan gate, Zhaobi (Wanren palace wall) and walls are covered with yellow glazed tiles. Dacheng hall is a double eaves Xieshan style hall top, yellow glazed tile high relief dragon and Phoenix Ridge, front Jiulong, back Jiufeng, at both ends of the ridge is a nine foot high dragon shaped kiss, the head of the kiss is abrupt in the air, nine steps on the bucket arch, ink line big dot gold spiral painted. The platform (terrace) of Dacheng hall is 1.5 meters high, and the fence board of white marble fence is finely carved. The steps of the platform are inlaid with "tuanlong" carved with white marble. The carving is delicate and vivid. Dachengmen is the main gate for offering sacrifices to Confucius. Xieshan style palace roof, high relief dragon and Phoenix Ridge, front five dragons, back five phoenixes, Dou Gong crisscross, highlighting the characteristics of the palace architecture. In dachengmen, there are morning bells in the East and evening drums in the West. In front of the gate stands a memorial tablet for the ten years of Tongzhi. On both sides are the side doors of "Jinsheng" and "Yuzhen". Chongsheng hall is Confucius' family temple. It is a large-scale building with single eaves and mountain rest style, hollow dragon ridge and seven bays. On both sides of the main gate of the Confucian temple are the East-West gate with wooden columns and tin roofs. In the east gate, there is a plaque of "virtue matches heaven and earth", and in the west gate, there is a plaque of "Daoguan ancient and modern", which was written by Cao Guangzhen, a Jinshi in the Qing Dynasty. Lingxingmen is a stone archway with four pillars and three couplets. The image of the beast crouching on the top of each column is strange, which forms the unique characteristics of the Lingxing gate of Jilin Confucian temple. The statues of Confucius, Sipei and twelve philosophers in Dacheng hall are dignified and respectful. On the top of the statue are plaques of Emperor Kangxi, Emperor Yongzheng, Emperor Qianlong, Emperor Jiaqing and Emperor Daoguang. The hall displays 425 sacrificial utensils and musical instruments, which add to the solemn atmosphere of the hall. There are 13 meters long and 7 meters wide murals "water dragon" and "fire dragon" on the East and West Gables, which are lifelike and unique. In the East and west side halls, there is a display of "Confucius' relics". The overall environment of the courtyard is elegant, green and tidy, and there are many valuable tree species, which are consistent with the unique classical atmosphere of the Confucian temple. All the Yong roads are paved with square bricks, flat and orderly. The main building of Jilin Confucian temple is magnificent, tall and resplendent. The subsidiary building is in harmony with the main building, and is integrated with flowers, plants and trees. It is not only clear in primary and secondary, but also integrated, which fully shows the beauty of the harmonious unity of classical architecture.

Collection

Jilin Confucian Temple Museum is a museum of local history, culture and art. It mainly displays the exhibition of Confucius' life and deeds, the picture of white jade carvings in Han Dynasty and the exhibition of Confucius' four matches and twelve philosophers' statues. The East-West Pavilion is a temporary exhibition hall, and it often holds various cultural and artistic exhibitions such as fine arts, calligraphy and photography. Various large-scale folk, folk and other mass cultural and entertainment activities can also be held in the yard. The main content of the museum is the collection of paintings, calligraphy, folk crafts and inscriptions of celebrities in Jilin area. He has published a brief introduction to Jilin Confucian Temple Museum.

Development history

Jilin was called Jiling Wula in the early Qing Dynasty, which means close to the river in Manchu. Jilin is from this simplified sound, also known as shipyard. Yongji Prefecture was established in 1727, Yongji Prefecture was withdrawn in 1747, and Jilin Department was established. It was changed to Jilin Prefecture in 1882. In July of the first year of Qianlong (1736), Emperor Qianlong ordered the construction of Yongji Confucian temple, located in the southeast corner of the city. In 1742, the Confucian temple in Yongji Prefecture was completed. In 1790, a fire broke out in the city, and the Confucian temple was burned. The general of Jilin asked him to use official silver to repair it again. The hall and the gate hall took on a new look. Jiaqing 11 years (1806), the temple zhaifang was burned, 14 years (1809) by the play asked to use official silver zhaifang site built Zunjing Pavilion. In the early years of Daoguang, the Confucian temple in Yongji Prefecture had three halls, three eastern and Western verandahs, three qishengci, three dachengmen behind the temple, pan pool in front of the verandahs, two eastern and western corner gates in the north, Shengyu in the East and xianguan in the West. South of Pan pool is Lingxing gate. Outside the gate wall, there is a lower horse square on the left and right, and its south is Zhaobi. In the west of the temple, there are three Minglun halls, three Zunjing pavilions in the west of the hall, and the back of the hall is Xuezheng house. At the beginning of the completion of the Confucian temple, there was a plaque in the main hall of the temple, which was written by Emperor Kangxi. During the reign of Jiaqing, there was also a plaque of "shengjidacheng" written by Emperor Jiaqing. Daoguang eighteen years (1838), by the Jilin gentry donations maintenance. Xianfeng nine years (1859), from Ju Qingfu, Gongsheng Hou Zhenfan proposed to rebuild panchi, changed to stone bridge. In 1871, another three pillars of the Ming Lun hall, a brick gate and a gate were built. In the ninth year of Guangxu (1883), Xie Yanqing, a professor of the Department of government, renovated two verandas into five couplets each. In the 19th year of Guangxu (1893), the temple was rebuilt by XUNDAO neqin, adding two storehouses of sacrificial instruments, enlarging panchi, heightening Zhaobi, and building three couplets in each of Minghuan temple, Xiangxian temple and Jiexiao temple. After Dacheng hall, three couplets were built in Chongsheng hall. In 1906, it was promoted to be a national sacrifice. In 1907, Jilin Province was set up. Governor Zhu Jiabao and tixue made Wu Lu think that the Confucian temple was simple and crude, and it was not enough to worship rites. He specially invited Shang Ying, a teacher from Jiangsu Province, to inspect the Confucian temples in Guannei, and decided to build a new temple outside donglaimenwai, which is now Jilin Confucian temple.

value

Jilin Confucian temple is not only the ritual architecture of the ruling class in feudal society, but also the crystallization of the wisdom and sweat of the working people. To a great extent, it preserves the essence of Chinese classical architectural art, shows the special style of Confucian architecture, and adds brilliance to the beautiful Jiangcheng with its golden majesty.

Jilin Confucian temple is a professional museum established to protect the ancient buildings. It takes the education of traditional Chinese culture and patriotism for the public as its mission. It holds exhibitions and cultural activities as its carrier, and aims to stimulate the public's patriotic enthusiasm and promote the improvement of the quality of the whole people. Since its establishment in 1990, it has been shouldering the responsibility of carrying forward the traditional Chinese culture and spreading the traditional Chinese culture The historical task of patriotism education. In 1992, Jilin Confucian temple was named as the city level patriotic education base by the municipal Party committee and government. In 1995, the Confucian temple in Jilin Province was named as the provincial key cultural relics protection unit. In 2006, it was approved as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.

Visit information

The museum is open all year round. It is open from 8:30 to 16:00 every morning.

It is open from 8:00 to 19:00 every day in summer.

Address: No.2 Nanchang Road, Changyi District, Jilin City, Jilin Province

Longitude: 126.571034

Latitude: 43.840687

Tel: 0432-62454333

Ticket information: 25 yuan

Opening hours: the museum is open all year round. It is open from 8:30 to 16:00 every morning. It is open from 8:00 to 19:00 every day in summer.

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