Confucian Temple of Liuzhou

Liuzhou's Confucian temple, also known as the Temple of Confucius, is located in Liuzhou City, Guangxi, and is a place for worshipping Confucius. The Liuzhou Confucian temple was initially built during the Tang Dynasty's Zhenguan period, and in the tenth year of Tang Yuanhe (815 AD), Liu Zongyuan renovated the Liuzhou Confucian temple and wrote the 'Newly Repaired Temple Stele of Wenxuan King of Liuzhou'. However, since the Tang Dynasty, the Liuzhou Confucian temple has experienced several periods of decline and revival. In 1928, the temple was destroyed in a citywide fire, and its main buildings were reduced to ashes.

The solemn and majestic architecture of the Confucian Temple🏛️, with its unique geographical location and grandeur, attracts countless tourists. It is backed by Dengtai and faces Jiahe, nestled against the mountains and by the water🏞️, appearing both mysterious and solemn. The glittering Confucian Temple, bathed in sunlight🌞, seems to radiate a dazzling light✨, reminiscent of the prosperous era of the Forbidden City🏯. While visiting the Confucian Temple👣, take the opportunity to pray sincerely to the deities🙏, hoping to receive their blessing and care in this sacred place🕉️. With our hands pressed together🤲, we bow our heads and silently pray for the arrival of good fortune🍀. Touring the Confucian Temple is not only a spiritual cleansing🛁, but also a profound experience of traditional culture📜. Here, you can temporarily forget the troubles of the world🌫️, calm your mind, and feel the tranquility and solemnity🌈. May you all find your own spiritual sanctuary here💖, and realize your innermost wishes and expectations💫.

The Confucian Temple in Liuzhou, located near the Liu River and Jiahe Mountain, was founded during the Tang Dynasty's Zhenguan era. It stands on the site of the ancient Han city and has experienced several cycles of decline and revival. The current architecture is primarily in the style of the Song Dynasty, combined with the local styles of Lingnan. Emperor Taizong of Tang elevated Confucius to the status of 'Preeminent Sage' and required all counties across the country to build temples and offer sacrifices to Confucius at four times during the year. Later, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang posthumously honored Confucius with the title 'King Wenxuan' and changed the Confucian temples to 'King Wenxuan Temples' (Wenmiao), where the whole country would worship Confucius. Confucian temples conducted 'family rituals,' while Wenmiao combined temple and school functions, worshiping Confucius and providing education. When Liu Zongyuan served as the governor of Liuzhou, he renovated the Wenmiao and taught students in his spare time. His actions inspired admiration and emulation by later generations, leading to a surge of talent from Liuzhou, including the 'Eight Sages of Liuzhou' from the Ming Dynasty, represented by the renowned official Yang Tingli. The Confucian Temple in Liuzhou is also open at night, offering a place for leisurely strolls along the corridors, with the cool breeze embracing visitors, becoming an important symbol of guarding the local historical and cultural heritage. The Apricot Platform is located outside the temple walls, with an open design symbolizing 'education without discrimination,' and houses a bronze statue of Confucius. The landmark of the temple, the Wenchang Tower, is 29 meters tall, with a square seven-story structure, and its spire is made of pure gold. The river serves as ink, with the platform and Jiahe Mountain as the writing desk, and the heavens and earth as the scroll. The Dacheng Hall is 31.8 meters tall, with a double-eaved Xieshan-style roof, copper tiles, and flying eaves. In the middle of the steps, there are three of the nation's tallest dragon relief carvings, made from Sichuan's premium Han white jade. Around the hall hang plaques with inscriptions such as 'Teacher of Ten Thousand Generations,' 'Great Achievements of the Saints,' 'Virtue as Broad as Heaven and Earth,' 'Transforming Influence Long-lasting,' and 'Culture is Present Here.' The hall's caisson ceiling and doors and windows are decorated with precious nanmu wood. The Minglun Hall has a unique design, with a round bottom and a double-eaved pointed roof covered with grey glazed tiles. The Chongsheng Hall has a three-layered, double-eaved pointed roof with blue-grey glazed tiles, backed by Dongtai Mountain. It is surrounded by corridors with bronze brackets and column heads carved with taotie and dragon patterns, and the sealing plates feature relief carvings of two dragons playing with a pearl. Since the Han Dynasty, there has been a tradition of building shrines and offering sacrifices to famous officials and virtuous locals. Later, group sacrifices in the form of shrines to the sages appeared. Eventually, Emperor Shizong of Ming allowed civilians to 'establish temples by clan,' leading to separate sacrifices for famous officials and local sages. Starting from the 13th year of the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty (1534), local sage shrines and famous official shrines were closely integrated with temple schools. The worship of local sages and famous officials carried the social significance of promoting virtue and rewarding merit, as well as educating the public, which was in line with the function of the Confucian Temple to promote virtue and repay one's roots. Liuzhou is a famous prefecture in Lingnan, known as 'the prestigious prefecture of the west of Guangdong for its cultural relics.' The earliest famous official to be worshiped with a temple was Liu Zongyuan, the 'Old Mayor,' and Liu Fen, Liu Xianliang. The people's worship has continued uninterrupted to this day. Among the Song Dynasty's successful candidates in the imperial examinations listed as 'local sages,' there were Tan Guangdian, Tan Qingyuan, Tan Chang and his grandson, Wang Zhicai, Wang E, the brothers Xie Hong and Xie Ze, Zhang Yaqing, Quan Feng, and nine others. Qiu Yun built a mountain path for Xianyi Mountain for Master Jiaoxin and wrote 'Record of the Newly Opened Mountain Path of Xianyi Mountain.' Chang Tong published the 'Collection of Master Hedong of Liuzhou.' Huang Chouru compiled the first historical record of Liuzhou, 'Longcheng Tuzhi.' Dai Qin, along with She Mianxue, She Li, Xu Yangzheng, Zhang Chong, Sun Keshu, Long Wenguang, and Zhou Qi, were later known as the 'Eight Sages of Liuzhou' and were placed in the leading position. During the Ming Dynasty, there emerged famous officials such as Ji Zongdao, Dai Qin, Xu Yangzheng, Zhang Chong, She Mianxue, She Li, Sun Keshu, Long Wenguang, Chu Liangcai, Xu Jun, Xu Kejiu, Luo Gongchen, Wang Qiyuan, Xu Baotai, Xu Dongshan, Liu Shunzhi, Li Fang, Xia Ruli, Tang Rong, Zhou Qi, Chen Jun, He Chuying, Sang Yue, Dong Chenglong, Tan Yuanfang, and others. In the Qing Dynasty, Liuzhou saw the emergence of local sages such as Yang Tingli, known as the 'Renowned Official Who Opened Yilan' (served three terms as the prefect of Taiwan, developed Yilan), Wang Zhen, one of the 'Five Great Families of the West of Guangdong,' Chen Jingdeng, Yang Maosheng, Yuan Chengyou, Sun Shouqi, Fu Honglie, Jiang Gao, Ouyang Yong'e, Yang Daolin, and others.

Liuzhou Wen Temple was founded during the Tang Dynasty's Zhenguan period. In the tenth year of Tang Yuanhe (815 AD), Liu Zongyuan renovated the Liuzhou Wen Temple and wrote the 'Newly Repaired Temple Stele of Wenxuan King in Liuzhou'. After the Tang Dynasty, the Liuzhou Wen Temple went through several periods of decline and revival. In 1928, the temple was destroyed in a city-wide fire, and its main buildings were burnt to the ground. Since then, rebuilding the Wen Temple has always been a wish of the people of Liuzhou. In 2009, the Liuzhou municipal government rebuilt the Liuzhou Wen Temple on the west foothills of Lighthouse Mountain on the south bank of the Liujiang River, and listed it as one of the top ten cultural construction projects in Liuzhou. It stands gloriously with the lighthouse as its backdrop and the crane as its emblem, on the site of the ancient Han city of Liuzhou. If one climbs high and looks far, the cultural aura of Liuzhou will shine brightly, becoming an inviting place that beckons people to stroll through. It is an important cultural landmark building on the 'Hundred-Mile Liujang' scenic belt, and a classic among the more than 2,000 Wen Temples in China. It is a national 4A-level scenic spot. Little tips 1. The Wen Temple lights up at night, super beautiful, and the lights don't go out until after 10:30 pm. 2. The Wen Temple is closed on Mondays. From Tuesday to Sunday, the daytime hours are 9:30-16:00, with last entry at 15:30; evening hours are 19:30-22:00, with last entry at 21:30. 3. The Wen Temple is located near Ma'anshan Park and Yao Bu Ancient Town, which can be visited on the same day. 4. For dining, you can go to Shui Street near Tianshan, which is especially convenient.

📍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)

Liuzhou · Confucius Temple || A journey through a thousand years of cultivation ⭐️⭐️⭐️Confucius Temple, located in Liuzhou City, Guangxi, also known as Kong Temple, is a place to worship Confucius, combining temple and school, and also educating people. It was first built in the Tang Zhen Guan era, and has undergone dozens of renovations over the past 1300 years, and has been abandoned and revived several times. In 1928, the Liuzhou Confucius Temple was once again destroyed by fire, and the main building was burned down. In 2010, the rebuilt Liuzhou Confucius Temple, also known as the Liuzhou Confucianism Museum, was officially completed and opened to the public. Today, the Confucius Temple has far exceeded the meaning of a commemorative building and has become one of the symbols of Chinese culture. Its existence reflects the mainstream status of Confucianism in Chinese traditional culture. The rebuilt Liuzhou Confucius Temple, reborn from the ashes, is nestled against the mountain and the water, backed by Dengtai Mountain, and is an important landmark building in the "Hundred Li Li River" landscape, a national 4A-level scenic spot. The Confucius Temple consists of six parts: ①Dacheng Hall: The place for incense worship of Confucius, majestic and well-structured, with oriental architectural features, generally for students to pray for academic success. ②Apricot Altar: It is said to be the place where Confucius lectured. The altar base is five levels, up and down on all sides, Han white jade stone carved cloud head railings, exquisite and gorgeous, with unique architectural art features. ③Chongsheng Hall: The design is elegant and has the characteristics of southern architecture. ④Minglun Hall: Located behind the Dacheng Hall, the upper part is round and the lower part is round, with antique colored paintings, and the architectural form is unique. ⑤Wenchang Tower: The tower is 29 meters high, named after Wenchang, implying that the rising stars of Liuzhou will shoulder the historical mission and become the pillar of the country. ⑥Dengtai Pavilion: Named after the Dengtai Mountain it backs on. It implies the meaning of step by step, gradually entering a good situation. 🔍Address: Fuzi Road, Yufeng District, Liuzhou City Ticket: Free Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday: 9:00-16:30, 19:30-22:00 in the evening There are very few tourists in the Confucius Temple, and there will be no crowding. The temple provides free incense for blessings. On a clear day, you can also climb the tower to overlook the clear Li River, and the golden buildings are set against the blue sky and white clouds, and a casual shot is a big picture! In the Confucius Temple, more is to let your restless heart calm down from the busy life.

A promise of snail noodles, so I came to Liuzhou. Liuzhou is not only famous for snail noodles, but also a treasure city. When I walked into this thousand-year-old temple and climbed up the Wenchang Tower to feel the breeze of the Liujiang River and overlook the city of Liuzhou, I began to approach this interesting city step by step. The Liuzhou Confucian Temple, with a history of two thousand years and built in the Tang Dynasty, stands by the mountains and water, reborn from Nirvana, witnessing the integration of this city into Lingnan culture, with the beauty of red walls and tiled roofs. In April, Liuzhou is surrounded by Judas trees. Here, you can feel the awe-inspiring classical Chinese architecture without having to say that this is Japan's Kyoto architecture!