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Harbin Confucius Temple
哈尔滨文庙[1]
Dacheng Hall of the Harbin Confucius Temple
Religion
AffiliationConfucianism
Location
LocationWithin the HEU
CountryChina
Architecture
StyleImitation of Qing Dynasty
Groundbreaking1926[2]
Completed1929[3]
Construction cost730,000 Harbin silver dollar notes[4]

Harbin Confucius Temple[5] (simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨文庙; traditional Chinese: 哈爾濱文廟), or Harbin Confucian Temple, is a Confucian temple located on Confucian Temple Street (文庙街),[6] Nangang District (南岗区),[7] Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province. The Temple is a typical building complex imitating the architectural style of the Qing Dynasty.[8]

Located within the courtyard of Harbin Engineering University, [9] Harbin Confucius Temple is the largest Confucian temple in Northeast China.[10] In the whole of China, its scale is second only to Qufu Confucius Temple and Beijing Confucius Temple. [11]

History

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The construction of the Harbin Confucius Temple began in 1926 and was completed in 1929, costing 730,000 Harbin silver dollar notes (哈大洋).[12]

In November 1996, Harbin Confucius Temple was included as the fourth batch of China's Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level. [13]

References

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  1. ^ Simon Richmond (1 April 2018). Lonely Planet Trans-Siberian Railway. Lonely Planet. pp. 527–. ISBN 978-1-78701-957-7.
  2. ^ "Huayan Temple_CCTV.com_China Central Television". China Central Television. 2009-02-20.
  3. ^ "Huayan Temple". Sina. 2017-03-31.
  4. ^ Northern Cultural Relics. Magazine Agency of Northern Cultural Relics. 1993. pp. 107–.
  5. ^ Damian Harper (1 June 2017). Lonely Planet China. Lonely Planet. pp. 479–. ISBN 978-1-78701-052-9.
  6. ^ Harbin City History. Heilongjiang People's Publishing House. pp. 58–.
  7. ^ Harbin City History: Foreign Affairs Foreign Economic and Trade Tourism. Heilongjiang People's Publishing House. 1998. pp. 472–. ISBN 978-7-207-03676-6.
  8. ^ "Unique Harbin Confucian Temple". Sohu News. 2006-05-15.
  9. ^ China National Geographic Encyclopedia: Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu. North China Women & Children Publishing House. 2003. pp. 72–. ISBN 978-7-5385-2093-4.
  10. ^ "Harbin Confucius Temple". People's Daily. 2000-10-26. Archived from the original on 2005-12-26. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  11. ^ "Harbin Confucian Temple - National Library of China". National Library of China. Sep 20, 2011.
  12. ^ Harbin Local History Compilation Committee. Harbin City History: Foreign Affairs, Foreign Economic and Trade, Tourism. Heilongjiang People's Publishing House. pp. 472–.
  13. ^ "Harbin Confucian Temple held the 2013 Confucian Ceremony". China News Service. 2013-09-28.