There are two Confucian temples in one city, and the earliest Dacheng Hall discovered by Liang Sicheng is also hidden

Zhengding is really a treasure city. In addition to Longxing Temple and Four Pagodas, Zhengding Confucian Temple is also a heavyweight cultural relic. The key is that there are two Confucian temples in Zhengding, one is the prefectural Confucian temple, and the other is the county Confucian temple. Both are not far away, and they can be taken down together when citywalking. The first stop is Zhengding County Confucian Temple. Although its 'administrative level' is lower than Zhengding Prefectural Confucian Temple, its cultural relic value is much higher, because the Dacheng Hall of Zhengding County Confucian Temple is one of the few 'Five Dynasties' period buildings in China, and its age is even earlier than that of Qufu Confucian Temple Dacheng Hall. In 1933, when Liang Sicheng first came to Zhengding, he went to the county Confucian temple, which was then Zhengding Women's Rural Normal School. When Liang Sicheng entered the school gate, he accidentally discovered this Dacheng Hall with five rooms, which was extraordinary in its eaves and brackets. Although the 'Zhengding County Chronicles' records that the county Confucian temple was built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Liang Sicheng did not agree, 'Comparing the exterior of this hall with the buildings in the Dunhuang murals, I suspect that it is a relic of the late Tang and Five Dynasties. If fortunately confirmed, then among all the ancient buildings in Zhengding, ... this hall should be the oldest.' The Dacheng Hall we see now is the biggest highlight of the county Confucian temple, but the exterior is slightly new, which is a bit disappointing. The hall is built on a half-meter high platform. It is five rooms wide and three rooms deep. It has a single eave and a hipped roof. The slope of the roof is gentle and stretched, the eaves are deep, and the wing corners are slightly upturned. From the outside, the brackets are indeed huge, without too much fancy decoration, clean and neat, which is similar to the bell tower of Kaiyuan Temple, and is a major feature of the wooden structure buildings in the early Song Dynasty or before the Song Dynasty. As for the statues and plaques inside, most of them were added from the Qing Dynasty to recent years, and there are not many highlights. Compared with the county Confucian temple, the prefectural Confucian temple is even more miserable. Even the Dacheng Hall does not exist. Only the halberd gate and its east and west ear rooms are preserved. Fortunately, the halberd gate is the only Yuan Dynasty building in Zhengding City, and it is also the biggest highlight of the prefectural Confucian temple. The halberd gate is located in the front part of the central axis of the prefectural Confucian temple, facing north and south, five rooms wide and two rooms deep. It is a single-eave hanging mountain green tile roof building. The beam frame structure is a six-beam house divided into three columns. There are brackets under the front and rear eaves. The brackets are distributed sparsely, with three each in the middle and the middle, and two each in the next slightly room. The style is four-paved single-down ang. There are photos of the halberd gate before the renovation of the prefectural Confucian temple. In fact, it has nothing to do with the gate, but a few old houses. It is really hard to see the current shape. It is really a miracle to be able to preserve it. 🏠Name | Zhengding County Confucian Temple/Prefectural Confucian Temple 🎫Ticket | Free ⛳Address | Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang City 🚗Traffic | Navigate to 'Zhengding County Confucian Temple/Prefectural Confucian Temple'