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Taiyuan Confucian Temple 太原文庙Tàiyuán Wénmiào
National heritage site · Taiyuan, Shanxi
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Taiyuan
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Taiyuan Confucian Temple
The Confucian temple of Taiyuan prefecture, rebuilt in 1882 by the governor Zhang Zhidong on part of the burnt-out Chongshan Temple site after a Fen River flood destroyed the earlier temple. The red-walled compound runs along a central axis through a screen wall, the Lingxing gate, a pond, the Dacheng Gate and Dacheng Hall to a rear shrine hall. It now houses the Shanxi Archaeology Museum, the museum of the provincial institute of archaeology.
How to get to Taiyuan Confucian Temple
In the old city on Wenmiao Lane, about 3 km east of central Taiyuan.
Nearby
- Shanxi Museum 山西博物院 under 10 km
Bronzes of the ancient state of Jin, Buddhist statues and tomb treasures on the Fen River - Jinci Temple 晋祠 20 km
Song-dynasty halls, painted clay maidservants and a cross-shaped bridge at the Jin springs - Qiao Family Compound 乔家大院 50 km
Walled courtyards of a Qing merchant-banking family, the set for Raise the Red Lantern
Also within 20 km: Chongshan Temple 崇善寺 (under 10 km), Former Shanxi Daxuetang (Shanxi University Hall) 山西大学堂旧址 (under 10 km), Chunyang Palace, Taiyuan 纯阳宫 (under 10 km), Peng Zhen Memorial Hall and Former CCP Taiyuan Branch Site 中共太原支部旧址 (under 10 km), Changjing Tower 唱经楼 (under 10 km), Taiyuan Ancient Mosque 太原清真古寺 (under 10 km).
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