When is the best time to visit Confucius Temple in Beijing?

The best time for Confucius Temple in Beijing: Spring and autumn in Beijing are neither too hot nor too cold, and the climate is moderate. This is an ideal tourist season, especially in autumn, when the weather is crisp and the climate is pleasant. It is praised as "Golden Beijing" by Chinese and foreign tourists. The best tourist months in a year are April, May, September, 65438+ 10.

Beijing is located on the northern edge of North China Plain, surrounded by mountains and seas. It belongs to a typical warm temperate semi-humid continental monsoon climate with four distinct seasons. Spring flowers, autumn moon, summer rain and winter snow have their own characteristics. The annual average temperature is 1 1.8℃, the coldest is 1.6℃, the hottest is July, and the monthly average is 26. 1℃. Beijing has shorter spring and autumn seasons and longer winter, with an average annual precipitation of 644 mm and a frost-free period of 180 days. Although the winter in Beijing is very long, the indoor heating equipment is very good and warm as spring. Because of the great temperature difference between indoor and outdoor, you should take sweaters and cotton-padded clothes when you travel to Beijing in winter.

Newspapers, radio stations and TV stations in Beijing all have weather forecast columns and explanations, so please pay attention. You can also call 859, which provides the weather forecast for the same day and the next day in Chinese and English.

But most of Beijing's tourism projects are cultural relics, scenic buildings and folk customs. These projects are not affected by the climate, and you can go to Beijing all year round. Travel agencies and restaurants in Beijing have off-season prices in winter, which can save a lot.

Confucius Temple in Beijing, located in Guozijian Street, Andingmen, was a place where Confucius was sacrificed in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Confucius was once honored as "Great Sage", so he was also called the Temple of the First Teacher. Now it is the seat of the Capital Museum.

Confucius Temple was built in Dade six years in Yuan Dynasty (1302), with a history of more than 600 years. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was repeatedly restored and rebuilt. In the second year of Qianlong (1737), all the halls in Daxiong were covered with yellow glazed tiles. In the thirty-second year of Guangxu (1906), the memorial cave was upgraded to a big sacrifice, and it was extensively repaired. The original main hall was changed from seven rooms with three entrances to nine rooms with five entrances, and the project was not completed until five years of the Republic of China.

The Confucius Temple covers an area of about 20,000 square meters and has four courtyards. The main buildings are the former Master Gate, Dacheng Gate, Dacheng Hall and Chongsheng Temple 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. . On both sides are 198 tablets inscribed by Jinshi in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Ten imitation stone drums in Qianlong period and two stone tablets related to stone drums in Qing dynasty were placed in the gate of Dacheng. Dacheng Hall was once the place where the ceremony of offering sacrifices to Confucius was held. There are two pavilions on both sides of the temple, the East Pavilion and the West Pavilion, which is now the showroom of Beijing's brief history.

There are also 14 stone pavilions in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the Confucius Temple, and the inscriptions are precious historical materials. Confucius Temple is a key cultural relic protection unit in Beijing. Ancient buildings, stone carvings and even withered cypress trees in the courtyard are all important cultural heritages.