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Xiangyin Confucius Temple 湘阴文庙Xiāngyīn Wénmiào
National heritage site · Yueyang, Hunan
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yueyang
- Region
- Hunan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Xiangyin Confucius Temple
Founded in the Northern Song and moved to this site in the early 1100s, Xiangyin's temple of Confucius lost many of its halls to Japanese bombing during the war against Japan, and a road cut through it in 1954 now separates the front court from the main buildings. The surviving Lingxing Gate, memorial archways, crescent pool and Zhuangyuan bridge lead to the Dacheng Gate and the double-eaved Dacheng Hall rebuilt in 1744, and the temple now houses the Xiangyin County Museum.
How to get to Xiangyin Confucius Temple
On Bishi Road in central Xiangyin town, a few minutes' walk from the Yuezhou Kiln Site Museum; about an hour by road north of Changsha. Closed on Mondays.
Nearby
- Hunan Museum 湖南省博物馆 50 km
A Han marchioness, her silk banner and a gauze robe as thin as air
Also within 20 km: Yuezhou Kiln Site Museum 岳州窑遗址博物馆 (under 10 km), Zuo Zongtang Cultural Park and Memorial Temple 左宗棠文化园 (under 10 km), Yangsha Lake Resort 洋沙湖 (under 10 km).
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