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Dingzhou Confucian Temple 定州文庙Dìngzhōu Wénmiào
National heritage site · Baoding, Hebei
- Time needed
- About an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Baoding
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Dingzhou Confucian Temple
One of the best-preserved Confucian temples in Hebei, founded in the Dazhong era of the Tang dynasty (mid-9th century) on the site of a Buddhist temple and enlarged under the Song, Ming and Qing. Three adjoining courtyards hold the Lingxing Gate, the Dacheng Hall for Confucius and his disciples, a lecture hall and a Wenchang pavilion, with a shrine to local filial and chaste figures in a courtyard to the south. It is a quiet site with old steles, and two old locust trees in the grounds are traditionally said to have been planted by Su Dongpo, who served as governor of Dingzhou.
How to get to Dingzhou Confucian Temple
In the old town of Dingzhou, off Zhongshan Road, about 550 m west-north-west of the Dingzhou Examination Hall.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Dingzhou Examination Hall 定州贡院 (under 10 km), Liaodi Pagoda 料敌塔 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Yan Yangchu 晏阳初旧居 (under 10 km), Dingzhou Mosque 定州清真寺 (under 10 km), Dingzhou Han Tomb and Stone Carving Museum 定州汉墓石刻馆 (under 10 km), Jade Emperor Hall of Dadao Temple, Dingzhou 大道观玉皇殿 (under 10 km).
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