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Shiping Confucian Temple 石屏文庙Shípíng Wénmiào
National heritage site · Honghe, Yunnan
- Time needed
- About an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Honghe
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Shiping Confucian Temple
Shiping's Confucian temple, founded in the Yuan dynasty and rebuilt in 1389, stands in the old town of a county long known for its scholars, among them Yuan Jiagu, the only Yunnanese to come first in an imperial examination (1903). Its axis runs from the Lingxing Gate past the Pan pond and the Dacheng Gate, with side halls, to the main Hall of the Former Teacher and the Zunjing library pavilion.
How to get to Shiping Confucian Temple
On North Zheng Street in Shiping old town; Shiping is roughly an hour by road west of Jianshui.
Nearby
- Jianshui Ancient Town 建水古城 40 km
A Ming gate tower, a great Confucian temple and grilled tofu on the way to Yuanyang
Also within 20 km: Laihe Pavilion 来鹤亭 (under 10 km), Yilong Lake 异龙湖 (under 10 km), Zhengying Village 郑营村 (under 10 km).
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