Where is the Hulan Confucius Temple?

Hulan Confucius Temple is a cultural tourist attraction.

The original blue brick wall of Hulan Confucian Temple is 160m long from north to south and 80m wide from east to west, with an area of about 12800m2.

Confucian Temple, also known as Confucius Temple, is located atNo. 1 Jianshe Street, Hulan District, Harbin, in the hospital of the Fourth Hospital of Heilongjiang Province. It is a temple dedicated to Confucius, a great thinker, educator, politician and founder of Confucianism in ancient China. 1995 was announced as a municipal cultural relics protection unit by Harbin Municipal People's Government on June 6th. Established in 1927, continued in 1934, and completely completed in 1936. Now it covers an area of 5,760 square meters, with a building area of 676 square meters. The building is simple, carved beams and painted buildings. Its architectural features are a rest mountain, a shed, a bucket arch, a cornice and a three-way courtyard.

The Confucian Temple complex consists of Chongsheng Temple, Dacheng Hall, Dongpu, Xiyang, Dachengmen, Lingxingmen, Donghuamen, Xihuamen, Zhuangyuan Bridge and Crescent River. The East-West Hall, Dacheng Hall and Chongsheng Temple are a central axis, and the layout is relative to the left and right. Its architecture is a classical national architectural style with distinctive characteristics in the late Qing Dynasty.

The Confucius Temple in Hulan is a place where people pay homage to Confucius. According to experts, Hulan Confucian Temple is one of the few well-preserved Confucian Temple buildings in Northeast China. In 20 15, the district government invested more than 4 million yuan to repair the Hulan Confucian Temple. On September 28th, 20 15, on the occasion of the 2566th anniversary of Confucius' birth, a ceremony was held in Hulan District and the unveiling ceremony of the repair exhibition of Hulan Confucian Temple was officially opened to the public.

Dacheng Hall has a building area of 300 square meters, 5 rooms wide and 3 rooms deep, with a front face of 30 meters long and a top height of 7 meters, and is of brick structure. There are cloisters around, cornices decorated with colored teeth, and 8 red columns on the front set off the wooden door, which is dignified and generous. East and west halls are arranged on both sides of Dacheng Hall, with 5 rooms wide and 2 rooms deep, each with an area of140m2. Six pillars lined with painted doors are integrated with Dacheng Hall.

The main structure of the front archway is two rows of columns, with sloping feet on the sides, a horizontal ridge on the top frame, cornices under the ridge and corners under the eaves, which are staggered. The gate in the middle is 5 meters wide with the words "Xingxingmen" hanging on it. There are banners in the east and west gates, with "Taoist temple in ancient and modern times" in the east and "Depei Heaven and Earth" in the west. The archway is dark red and light green, painted with Yunlong, with exquisite craftsmanship. From the former archway to the north, you can have a panoramic view of Dachengmen, Dongxixian Hall and Dacheng Hall.

The champion bridge in front of Lingxing doorplate building is 5 meters wide and made of wood. There is a semi-circular pool under the bridge, made of brick mortar, called pan pool, which is filled with water. The bridge is opposite the main entrance, but it never crosses.

Confucius, the former master of Hulan, was a Chinese sacrifice, which was promoted to a big sacrifice in the thirty-third year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1907). Every year in the first month of Spring and Autumn, it is presided over by the local governor, but the scale is not large. During the Republic of China, every spring, a temporary tent was set up in the model small library, and representatives from all walks of life in the county, teachers and students held a ceremony to worship the Confucius. Although the ceremony was simple, it was also grand. Generally, the chief priest is the county magistrate, and the secondary priest is the director of education and the principal. Sacrificial activities such as beating drums, ringing bells, playing music, singing, reading eulogies and offering titles are generally arranged according to traditional procedures, and there are few discrepancies every year.

Hulan prepares the memorial service early every year, and according to the graphic requirements of Bashu Dance, selects physical education teachers to organize drills, and music teachers to organize drum bands and singing drills. Every activity has more than 2000 officials, gentry and people from all walks of life in the school. 1929, Confucius was first sacrificed in the Confucius Temple. 1935, the Confucius Temple became the official place to worship Confucius.

Address: Hulan Historical and Cultural Park (in the Fourth Hospital of Heilongjiang Province)

Source: Hulan District People's Government