Hancheng Confucius Temple
Hancheng Confucius Temple is located in Dongxue Lane of Hancheng City, Shaanxi Province. It is a set of architecture groups of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) that are preserved intact. Currently, it has 22 main and complementary buildings, altogether 78 rooms, and is the largest and best preserved ancient architecture in western China.
What to see?
This temple is made up of five main buildings and four tightly connected courtyards. Lingxing Gate is the portal of the temple. After walking through the portal, one will enter the first courtyard with masses of flowers and shady trees. On the eastern and western side of the courtyard, the Clothes Changing Pavilion (Gengyi Ting) and Fasting Room stand symmetrically, and the three rooms to the north are situated by the Vouge Gate (Ji Men), which leads to the second courtyard.
Further north lies the Dacheng Palace, the main building here, in which sacrifices were performed on the memorial tablet of Confucius. Passing through the doorway of the angle will lead to the third courtyard, the place in which Confucius gave lessons of disabusing. The fourth courtyard lies across Minglun Hall, as well as the Zunjing Pavilion, which is used to store volumes of sermons.
This Confucius temple also features the Hancheng Museum, in which thousands of cultural relics are stored. It is the third largest shrine specially built for offering sacrifices to Confucius, a great thinker and educator in ancient China. He was respected by monarchs of many dynasties since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD).
Travel Tips
How to get there: Take a bus from Xian Fangzhicheng Bus Station or Xian Bus Station to Hancheng Bus Station; or take an early train from Xian Railway Station to Hangcheng first. Then, take Hancheng Bus 102/ Bus Dayumiao - Sima Qian Ci Line and get off at Wenmiao Xiangkou, then, walk east for 2 minutes to the temple.The Hancheng Confucius Temple.
Entrance Fee: Free
Opening Hours: 08:00-18:00
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