What are the famous churches in China?

Xujiahui Catholic Church is a famous Catholic church in China. It is located at No.158 Puxi Road, Xujiahui, Shanghai, China. It is the episcopal church of the Catholic Shanghai diocese. The official name is "St. Ignatius Hall". On the side of the church, there is the Bishop's House and the nunnery of the Catholic Shanghai diocese. The architectural style is medieval Gothic.

Sophia Cathedral in Harbin. In 193, with the completion and opening to traffic of the Middle East Railway, the Russians transferred a division of troops to guard the railway, and in 197, a wooden embedded church, Saint Sophia Church, was built in Harbin.

Qingdao Catholic Church, whose real name is St. Miel's Church, was designed by German designer Bilouha according to Gothic and Romanesque architectural styles. The proposed church should be 1 meters high, which coincided with the outbreak of World War II. Hitler prohibited the outflow of funds from Germany, so the church had to modify the drawings, that is, build it to its present scale. The church was built in 1932 and completed in 1934. The tower is 56 meters high and was the tallest building in Shandong Province before the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is the only consecration church in China.

Guangzhou Shishi Sacred Heart Cathedral

The most magnificent cathedral in the Catholic diocese of Guangzhou. In 1861, Prince Gong Yixin and the French government signed an additional agreement to determine the establishment of the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Guangzhou, and Emperor Xianfeng approved the agreement by imperial edict. The church was built in 1863 and completed in 1888. It took 25 years to complete and has a history of more than 13 years. Because all the walls and columns of the church are made of granite stone, it is also called "stone chamber" or "sacred heart church of Jesus in stone chamber" or "stone Catholic church". It is 58.5 meters high from the ground to the spire. It is one of the most magnificent existing twin-spire Gothic buildings in China, the largest stone structure Catholic building in Southeast Asia, and one of the four all-stone structure Gothic church buildings in the world. At that time, it cost 4, francs. The French imitated Saint Clotilde of Paris and integrated China elements to design Notre Dame de Paris in the East.

Honglou Cathedral in Jinan. Located next to the old school of Shandong University, Honglou Catholic Cathedral is a classic combination of Gothic architecture and Jinan traditional style. It was designed by Austrian monk Pang Hui Xiang, started in 191, and was completed in 194. In 196, Honglou Catholic Cathedral was expanded into a Gothic building, with an area of 1,625 square meters, which can accommodate thousands of people for dispersion. It is very spectacular. Honglou Church was the largest church in North China before the completion of Saint-Niel. The church is huge and magnificent, with a Latin cross on the plane and a typical Gothic architectural style on the facade.