Confucian Temple sights in China

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   Confucian Temple

   • Píngyáo, China
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   Píngyáo's oldest surviving building is Dàchéng Hall (大成殿; Dàchéng Diàn), dating from 1163 and found in the Confucian Temple (文庙; Wén Miào), a huge complex where bureaucrats-to-be came to take the imperial exams.

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2. Confucius Temple

   • Jīmíngyì, China
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   Meandering along the baked-mud-wall warren of Jīmíngyì's courtyard houses takes you past scattered temples, including this simple Ming-dynasty temple which, like many Confucius temples, also doubled as a school.

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3. Fǔwén Miào

   • Ānshùn, China
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   Check out this dilapidated but charming Confucian temple with some stunningly intricate carvings, in the north of town.

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   Confucius Temple & Imperial College

   • Běijīng, China
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   An incense stick's toss away from the Lama Temple, the desiccated Confucius Temple had a pre-Olympics spruce up that failed to shift its indelible sense of otherworldly detachment. Like all Confucian shrines, China's second-largest Confucian temple feels rather like a mausoleum, so expect peace and quiet. Some of Běijīng's last remaining páilóu bravely survive in the hútòng outside (Guozijian Jie) while antediluvian bìxì (tortoise-like dragons) glare inscrutably from repainted pavilions. Lumpy and ossified ancient cypresses claw stiffly at the sky while at the rear a numbing forest of 190 stelae (stones or slabs etched with figures or inscriptions) records the 13…

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