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Henan Puyang·Nanle Confucian Temple Museum | Travel Guide🎒|||📍Nanjie Village, Chengguan Town, Nanle County
🕐9:00-17:00
🎫Free
🎒The visit lasts about 2-3 hours
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Nanle County is located at the junction of Hebei, Shandong, and Henan provinces. It is the hometown of Cangjie, the sage of Chinese character creation, and also the hometown of the Tang Dynasty monk and astronomer Yixing. The county was established as Lechang during the Han Dynasty, renamed to Changle by the Northern Wei Dynasty, and changed to Nanle County by the Later Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties period. It covers an area of 624 square kilometers, governing 7 towns and 5 townships, with a population of 600,000.
Studying Confucius and Confucianism is an important way to understand the national characteristics of the Chinese people and the historical origins of the spiritual world of contemporary Chinese.
The Nanle County Confucian Temple restoration project covers an area of 90 acres, including the Nanle Confucian Temple, the Muliang Opera Performance Center, the Confucian Temple parking lot, and the City Wall Ruins Park.
Nanle Confucian Temple: The Nanle Confucian Temple was originally built in the third year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty (AD 1370). It is the oldest and best-preserved Confucian temple in the northern region, and was declared a provincial cultural relic protection unit by the Henan Provincial People's Government in 2000. The restoration project of the Nanle Confucian Temple is a group of buildings restored on the original site according to the historical layout of the temple, which is a cultural relic protection and exhibition project with restorative nature. After the restoration, the architectural complex of the Nanle Confucian Temple is composed of three courtyards, from west to east in sequence: the Xuegong (Academy), the Confucian Temple, and the Wenchang Palace, featuring the typical layout of integrating temple and school, with the temple on the left and the school on the right.
Muliang Opera Performance Center: Muliang Opera is known as the 'living fossil' of the history of drama and is referred to as the 'ancestor of plays'. In 2006, Nanle Muliang Opera was listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. The Muliang Opera Performance Center is a '13th Five-Year' national cultural and natural heritage protection and utilization facility construction project, with a total construction area of 3,000 square meters, equipped with exhibition and performance theaters, viewing halls, rehearsal halls, and related auxiliary rooms. The completion of the project is of great significance for the rescue, protection, inheritance, development, and utilization of Muliang Opera.
Confucian Temple Parking Lot: The Confucian Temple public parking lot also serves as a civil defense function, acting as a second-class personnel shelter during wartime, with a total construction area of 6,580.26 square meters and a total of 209 parking spaces. At the same time, it is equipped with ventilation systems, automatic fire alarm systems, automatic water spray fire extinguishing systems, intelligent control systems, central heating systems, etc., and is equipped with distribution rooms, various rooms, ventilation ducts, and other different functional rooms.
City Wall Ruins Park: The City Wall Ruins Park is adjacent to the Nanle Confucian Temple and the Muliang Opera Performance Center. The total planned area of the park is 19,698.93 square meters. It is a theme park showcasing the historical and cultural heritage of Nanle, including a drama culture area, an ecological observation area, and a Confucian culture area.