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Anxi Confucian Temple 安溪文庙Ānxī Wénmiào
National heritage site · Quanzhou, Fujian
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Quanzhou
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Anxi Confucian Temple
A county Confucian temple founded in 1001 and rebuilt in 1686, set against Feng Hill in the centre of Anxi town and covering about 1.3 hectares. Its axis runs from a semicircular pool through the Lingxing and Ji gates to the Dacheng Hall, whose double-eaved roof rests on four finely carved stone dragon columns at the front, with the Chongsheng Hall behind and the Minglun Hall outside the east wall.
How to get to Anxi Confucian Temple
On Datong Road in central Anxi town, about 60 km north-west of Quanzhou by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Xiheshan Tieguanyin Culture Park 溪禾山铁观音文化园 (under 10 km), Qingshuiyan Temple 清水岩 (10 km), Banpu Old Houses 坂埔古厝 (10 km), Li Family Residences, Guanshan 观山李氏民居 (10 km).
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