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Wuwei Confucius Temple 武威文庙Wǔwēi Wénmiào
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Wuwei, Gansu
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wuwei
- Region
- Gansu
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Wuwei Confucius Temple
Built in 1437–1439 and enlarged up to the Republican era, this is one of the largest Confucian temples in north-west China, laid out in three courts side by side: the Wenchang Palace to the east, the temple proper with its semicircular pool, Lingxing Gate, Dacheng Hall and Zunjing Library in the middle, and the old Confucian school to the west, with more than 30 steles from the Tang to the Qing. The city's Western Xia Museum across the road displays the Western Xia Stele of 1094, the only known stele with matching texts in Tangut and Chinese, whose rediscovery in the early 19th century reopened the study of the Tangut script.
How to get to Wuwei Confucius Temple
On Chongwen Street in central Wuwei, within walking distance of the city centre. The Western Xia Museum, which holds the stele, is closed on Mondays.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Leitai Han Tomb 雷台汉墓 (under 10 km), Haizang Temple 海藏寺 (under 10 km), Baita Temple Site and Liangzhou Assembly Memorial Hall 凉州白塔寺 (20 km).
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