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Jian'ou Confucian Temple 建瓯文庙Jiàn'ōu Wénmiào
National heritage site · Nanping, Fujian
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Nanping
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Jian'ou Confucian Temple
The former Confucian temple of Jianning prefecture, moved to this site in 1405 and rebuilt in its present form between 1869 and 1879. Its axis runs from a screen wall through the Lingxing Gate, the crescent pool and the Ji Gate to the double-eaved Dacheng Hall, flanked by side galleries. It keeps a Ming stele engraving of Confucius after Wu Daozi and a stele of the Kangxi emperor; the Jian'ou Museum, long housed here, moved to a new building in 2023.
How to get to Jian'ou Confucian Temple
On Cangchang Road in central Jian'ou, a few minutes' walk from the Tiejinglan old streets.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Jianzhou Ancient City, Jian'ou 建州古城 (under 10 km), Dongyue Temple, Jian'ou 建瓯东岳庙 (under 10 km), Beiyuan Imperial Tea Works Site 北苑御焙遗址 (10 km).
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