Daosheng Christ's Church
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Daosheng Christ's Church | |||||||
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道胜堂 | |||||||
32°04′44″N 118°44′27″E / 32.078914°N 118.740849°E | |||||||
Location | Gulou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
Denomination | Protestantism | ||||||
History | |||||||
Status | Parish church | ||||||
Founded | 1915 | ||||||
Founder(s) | Protestant Episcopal Church Mission | ||||||
Architecture | |||||||
Architectural type | Church building | ||||||
Style | Chinese architecture | ||||||
Specifications | |||||||
Floor area | 3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft) | ||||||
Materials | Granite | ||||||
Administration | |||||||
Diocese | Diocese of Kiangsu | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 基督教道胜堂 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 基督教道勝堂 | ||||||
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Daosheng Church | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 道胜堂 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 道勝堂 | ||||||
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Daosheng Christ's Church (Chinese: 基督教道胜堂), more commonly known as Daosheng Church (道胜堂), is a Protestant church located on North Zhongshan Road, in Gulou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
History
[edit]The church was founded by the Protestant Episcopal Church Mission in 1915 with Chinese architecture style. The church was closed in 1958 and used as the Library of Nanjing No.12 High School.[1] On 18 December 2008, the church held a foundation laying ceremony of its new building in Hekou Gate Park (河口闸公园). It was classified as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Nanjing government in 1992 and a provincial cultural relic preservation organ by the Jiangsu government 2019.
References
[edit]- ^ 南京用美国牧师命名图书馆. 163.com (in Chinese). 14 August 2000. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.