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Jinyuan Confucian Temple 晋源文庙Jìnyuán Wénmiào
National heritage site · Taiyuan, Shanxi
- Time needed
- About an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Taiyuan
- Region
- Shanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Jinyuan Confucian Temple
The Confucian temple of the Ming county town of Taiyuan, founded in 1373 and the only national-level monument inside the restored walled town of Jinyuan. Its Ming core runs along one axis from a pailou gate and a rectangular pond with a stone bridge to the Dacheng Gate and the five-bay Dacheng Hall, with galleries and a shrine to local worthies at the sides. The town walls, 3,700 m round and 11 m high, were rebuilt and reopened in 2021, and the temple sits among restored shops, temples and houses.
How to get to Jinyuan Confucian Temple
In the restored old county town of Jinyuan, about 17 km south of central Taiyuan.
Nearby
- Jinci Temple 晋祠 under 10 km
Song-dynasty halls, painted clay maidservants and a cross-shaped bridge at the Jin springs - Shanxi Museum 山西博物院 20 km
Bronzes of the ancient state of Jin, Buddhist statues and tomb treasures on the Fen River - Qiao Family Compound 乔家大院 40 km
Walled courtyards of a Qing merchant-banking family, the set for Raise the Red Lantern
Also within 20 km: Jinyang Ancient City Site 晋阳古城遗址 (under 10 km), Ashoka Pagoda, Jinyuan 晋源阿育王塔 (under 10 km), Taiyuan Botanical Garden 太原植物园 (under 10 km), Longshan Grottoes and Tongzi Temple Site 龙山石窟·童子寺遗址 (under 10 km), Longquan Temple, Taishan 太山龙泉寺 (under 10 km), Mingxiu Temple 明秀寺 (under 10 km).
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