Gaotang Confucian Temple
Gaotang Confucian Temple is a scenic area in Wuxi, China.
Visitor information
- Also known as
- 高唐文庙
- City
- Wuxi
- Coordinates
- 31.5565937, 120.2184517
About Gaotang Confucian Temple
Gaotang Confucian Temple is located on the west side of the south end of Beihu Road in Gaotang County. It is now a provincial cultural relic protection unit and is also known as Li Kuchan Juvenile Reading Center. Its original name is "Wenchang Palace", also known as "Qisheng Temple". According to "Gaotang Prefecture Chronicles", the Confucian Temple was built between the Yuan Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty. It was rebuilt and expanded many times in the third year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1370), the forty-eighth year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1709), and the seventh year of Qianlong (1742). Only the Dacheng Hall remains of the Confucian Temple. Dacheng Hall faces north and faces south. It is five rooms wide and three rooms deep. It is 17.7 meters long from east to west and 11.10 meters wide from north to south. It is a single eaves mountain-style building.
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- Huishan Ancient Town Tourism Area — 5A
- Yuantouzhu (Turtle Head Isle) Tourism Area on Taihu Lake — 5A
- CCTV Wuxi Film & Television Base (Three Kingdoms & Water Margin Studios) — 5A
- Tangcheng Scenic Area, Xiangyang 12 — 4A
- Hui mountain spring — 4A
- WUXI MUSEUM — 4A
- Zongjing Villa
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