Temple of Confucius in Beijing

Located on Guozijian Street inside Anding Gate, the Temple of Confucius is the place where people paid homage to Confucius during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Since Confucius has been revered as the First Teacher, the temple is also called The First Teacher's Temple. It was ever taken as the Beijing Capital Museum. The Temple of Confucius was initially built in the 6th year under the reign of Da De of the Yuan Dynasty (1302), and was repaired and rebuilt several times during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Kublai Khan of Yuan Dynasty set up this temple aiming to enhance the governance capability and drew over scholars of Han nationality. The area is about 20 thousand square meters less than that located in his hometown Qufu of Shangdong, but the ceremony was more magnificent than that held at Qufu. In the 2nd year under the reign of Qian Long of the Qing Dynasty (1737), the main hall was repaired with a yellow glazed tile roof fitted. In the 32nd year under the reign of Guan Xu of the Qing Dynasty (1906), Confucius ceremony was increased at scale. For this reason, the temple was further expanded until 1916 when expanding construction finished. The main sights in the Temple are: Main Gate, Dacheng Gate, Dacheng Hall and Touch Evil Cypress.

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