Confucian Temple of Liuzhou

Confucian Temple of Liuzhou Highlights: Must-See Features and Attractions

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The Confucian Temple of Liuzhou was built during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. In 815, Liu Zongyuan rebuilt the Confucian Temple and wrote related articles on the topic. After the Tang Dynasty had ended, the Confucian Temple of Liuzhou experienced ebbs and flows. In 1928, there was a large fire and many of the main buildings were damaged or burned down. After more than two thousand years of developmental history, the Confucian Temple has gone far beyond its physical meaning as a piece of architecture and has already become an integral symbol of Chinese culture. This extant Confucian temple fully reflects the mainstream position of Confucianism in Chinese traditional culture.

Liuzhou Confucius Temple｜A journey through a thousand years of cultivation

📍Check-in this time👉Liuzhou Confucius Temple, located in Liuzhou City, Guangxi, also known as the Confucius Temple, is a place to worship Confucius. The rebuilt Liuzhou Confucius Temple, reborn from the ashes, is located by the mountain and the water, backed by the Dengtai Mountain in the southeast, and consists of main buildings such as Dacheng Gate, Dacheng Hall, Chongsheng Temple, and Minglun Hall. The architecture is mainly in the style of the Song Dynasty, combined with the local style of Lingnan. 💫Features: 1⃣Lingxing Gate: The Lingxing shape is like a window lattice, meaning to be open and clear, indicating that scholars from all over the world can enter through this gate. The Lingxing Gate, built with Fujian bluestone, has five frames and six pillars, entwined with flowers and plants, and has a window style. It is slightly larger than the Lingxing Gate of the Confucius Temple in Qufu. 2⃣Pan Pool and Pan Bridge: After passing the Lingxing Gate, there is a Pan Pool that is 6 meters wide and 25 meters long, with three Pan Bridges on it. The Han white jade railings, the pillar heads are carved with cloud patterns, implying that they can step up to the sky, and then step into the Congxin Gate. 3⃣Dacheng Hall: Seven rooms wide, with a double-eave dome roof, copper tile flying eaves, staggered brackets, and carved beams and painted buildings. There are corridors around, with bronze brackets, decorated with cloud dragon patterns; the ridge of the hall is decorated with dragon mouths, covered with brass tiles; the interior of the hall is decorated with small seal script sentences from The Analects; the corridor is a carved Han white jade railing, and there are steps around to enter the hall on the high platform; there is a worship platform in front of the hall, with four paths, which is the place for incense and worship of Confucius, and the steps are decorated with double dragon playing pearl patterns. The entire Dacheng Hall is majestic and has significant oriental architectural features. 4⃣Apricot Altar: The plane is square, accessible from all sides, with steel-mixed gold pillars, double-eave green tiles, round eaves on the head, square eaves on the second floor, suspended mountains on all sides, cross-ridge roofs, and the eaves hang the blue and gold plaque of the 'Apricot Altar'. Han white jade stone carved cloud head railings, the Apricot Altar looks the same from all sides, with unique architectural art features. 5⃣Chongsheng Hall: 28 meters high, 41 meters long, 33.8 meters wide, three-story double-eave spire, blue-gray glazed tiles, surrounded by Han white jade stone railings, pillar heads carved with cloud patterns, and seal plates embossed with double dragon playing pearl patterns. The hall is elegantly designed and has southern architectural features. 6⃣Houde Minglun Hall: Minglun Hall is located behind Dacheng Hall, with a round top and bottom, and the outer corridor is surrounded by Han white jade stone railings. The pillar heads are carved with Taotie patterns and cloud dragon patterns, and the seal plates are embossed with double dragon playing pearl patterns. The interior of the hall, doors and windows are decorated with precious nanmu, decorated with antique colored paintings, and the architectural form is unique. 7⃣Wenchang Tower: The Wenchang Tower is 29 meters high (including the spire), and the base is square, with a side length of about 9 meters. This tower is named after Wenchang, meaning to touch the tower as a pen, dip the river as ink, use the platform and crane as a book case, and use the heaven and earth as a scroll, meaning that the rising stars of Liuzhou will be able to carry the giant pen like a beam, shoulder the historical mission, and become the pillar of the country. 8⃣Dengtai Pavilion: Named after Dengtai Mountain. It also implies that step by step, gradually reaching a better state. This pavilion is a traditional Chinese garden architectural form, climbing and leaning on the railing, looking at the wind, the green river and the green mountains, the rainbow bridge and the Confucius Temple, the beautiful scenery of the pot city, all in sight. 📍Address: No. 8, Fuzi Road, Yufeng District, Liuzhou City 🎫Tickets: Free admission ⏰Time: Every Tuesday to Sunday (closed on Monday) Morning 9:30-Afternoon 16:30 (16:00 stop admission) Night 19:30-22:00 (21:30 stop admission)

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