Travel guide to Confucius Temple

1. Take Metro Line 2 and Line 5 and get off at Lama Temple Station. Take exit C or D, drive for 200 meters, and then turn right into Guozijian Street. Go straight along the Yan Guo Jian Street for 200 meters and arrive at Jixian Gate to check in.

2. Take bus 13 and get off at imperial academy Station.

3. Take the bus. 1 16 and no 1 17 get off at Lama Temple Station. Southbound 100 meters, enter Guozijian Street. Go straight along the Yan Guo Jian Street for 200 meters and arrive at Jixian Gate to check in.

address

No.0/5, Guozijian Street, Andingmen, Dongcheng District, Beijing.

Matters needing attention

This custom prohibits Confucius Temple from becoming a solemn place for offering sacrifices. Be careful not to be disheveled when visiting. People wearing slippers may be forbidden to enter.

brief introduction

There are three courtyards in Confucius Temple. The buildings on the central axis are Shoushimen, Dachengmen, Dachengdian and Chongshengdian in turn. On the east side of the front yard, there are stele pavilions, chefs, provincial sacrifice pavilions and well pavilions. To the west, there is a pavilion of steles, a place of fasting and a gate of worship, which is connected with imperial academy.

Imperial academy is the highest institution of higher learning and the highest educational administrative institution established in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, also known as "Imperial College" and "Chinese Studies".

Imperial academy not only accepts students from all ethnic groups in China, but also accepts foreign students, which has played an active role in cultivating talents from all ethnic groups in China and promoting cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.

The Confucius Temple in Beijing, also known as the "Master Temple".

1906 (in the thirty-second year of Guangxu), Confucius was promoted as a big sacrifice and the main hall was expanded. Although the Confucius Temple has been rebuilt in past dynasties, its structure basically retains the style of Yuan Dynasty.