Mingdetang

Visitor information

Also known as

明德堂

City

Quanzhou

Address

Inside Confucius Temple, Qinhuai District, Nanjing City

Opening hours

all day

Coordinates

25.2833873, 118.2497493

About Mingdetang

Mingde Hall is located on the central axis of the Confucius Temple Academy in Qinhuai District, Nanjing City. It was built in the first year of Jingyou in the Northern Song Dynasty (1034) and was originally named "Yilun Hall". In the sixth year of Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty (1246), Zhao Yifu rebuilt it and inscribed it as "Mingde Hall". Later, Wen Tianxiang rebuilt the hall. It was rebuilt by Feng Rujing in the 17th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1660). The existing main body was rebuilt in the 9th year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1870). It has a building area of 630 square meters and faces south. It adopts a hard mountain roof and a wooden corridor on the north eaves. The building complex includes the east and west wings and the Zunjing Pavilion.

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