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Jia County Confucian Temple 郏县文庙Jiáxiàn Wénmiào
National heritage site · Pingdingshan, Henan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Pingdingshan
- Region
- Henan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Jia County Confucian Temple
A Confucian temple and county school founded in 1206 under the Jin dynasty and rebuilt many times, with 22 surviving buildings laid out with the school on the left and the temple on the right. The main Dacheng Hall has green-glazed tiles and front columns carved with coiling dragons, and the octagonal two-storey Wenkui Tower, first built in 1579, stands on a red-stone platform. It is run as the Jia County Confucian Temple Museum.
How to get to Jia County Confucian Temple
On South Street in Jia County town, about 30 km north of Pingdingshan by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Jia County Shanxi–Shaanxi Guild Hall 郏县山陕会馆 (under 10 km), Linfengzhai 临沣寨 (under 10 km), Yaozhuang Tourism Area 姚庄旅游区 (10 km), Three Su Tombs, Jia County 三苏园 (20 km), Shenhou Ancient Town 神垕古镇 (20 km), Xiangshan Temple, Pingdingshan 香山寺 (20 km).
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