Nantang （South Gate）

Nantang, Xuanwumen Church, the architectural style of Chinese and Western, the main building of Chinese-style Western-style church ⛪️, the subway Xuanwumen is out, the northeast corner of the cross is very eye-catching, the statue of Riccius and Shaberius outside the gate, Riccius is a missionary, But his greater contribution to China is to bring modern Western science to China, and Nantang has some astronomical facilities built in it, so Nantang is also the starting point of modern Chinese Western science.

The South Church is a historic Catholic Church, built in 1605 (33 years of Ming Wanli), where Father Riccius built the first church. After reconstruction, the South Church now hosts various religious sacraments and activities for Chinese and foreign believers.

Next year Christmas Eve will be very lively, other times basically a lark.