Wujiazhuangtianzhu Church

Wujiazhuang Catholic Church was built in 1989 and is now the seat of Tangshan Diocese. A wooden crucifix with a full body statue of the Virgin in the niche above the crucifix. On both sides are written the words "Call on Mary, the first child of the original sin, I will wait for you to pray for me in front of Ben Er's stage". There are three arched gates on the front of the church, a full-body statue of Jesus is erected on the ridge, and the statues of eight little gods, the Virgin Mary and St. On the wall above the arch, there are two golden letters AO, which are the abbreviations of the Greek ALPIIA and OMEGA (Alepha, Omega), which here means: no beginning and no end. After the restoration of religious life in 1980, a simple church was built in a corner of the former site of Qiaotuntang. At that time, only three old priests, Liu Jinghe, Xie Bosi and Lan Qishan, were left in the whole diocese of Tangshan to manage the educational affairs. On December 21, 1981, Liu Jinghe ordained Bishop of Zhengquan. In July 1986, in order to obey the construction plan of Tangshan, the church moved out of Qiaotun and temporarily lived a religious life in Lunan Lao Shi Middle School. Later, the municipal government allocated 12 to 9 mu of land on Wujiazhuang Street in Lubei, and successively allocated more than 500,000 yuan. From April 1988 to 1993, a church and ancillary buildings were built successively.