Imperial Examinations History Museum

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Also known as

江南贡院

City

Nanjing

Coordinates

32.0230861, 118.7854834

About Imperial Examinations History Museum

Jiangnan Imperial Examination Hall is located at No. 95 Gongyuan Street, Qinhuai District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. It was built in the fifth year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty (1454). It was the place where the provincial examinations were held during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the largest and most influential imperial examination hall in Chinese history. It is now the China Imperial Examination Museum. Jiangnan Gongyuan faces south and originally covers an area of 300,000 square meters. There are as many as 20,644 candidate dormitories. There are 22 inscriptions on Mingyuan Tower, Feihong Bridge and Gongyuan. Jiangnan Gongyuan once served as the venue for provincial examinations in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It is a physical material for studying the history of the Gongyuan system and the imperial examination situation in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

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