Introduce
Confucian temple, namely Confucian Temple, builds for offering sacrifices to the hole old scholar specially, because Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty opens yuan to seal Confucius in 27 years is gentle king Xuan, so Confucian Temple is also called the document and declared the temple, Confucian temple. Urumchi Confucian temple, lies in and advances the road No. 15 now, it is the temple buildings of the style of only well preserved Qing Dynasty of the whole boundary, it set up by the street, the poplar embarked on journey in front of the door. Green leaves make a pleasant shade, is worth viewing and admiring. Urumchi Confucian temple is God temple originally, and then supervised and repaired in the 11th year of the Republic of China (1922) ,Officiate at funeral or sacrificial rites God, buy enjoying Confucius. Changed to repair it as Confucius Dacheng Palace in 1945. Announced as the municipality protected historic site in 1979. Government investment of a million yuan left a set of maintenance in 1988-1990. The whole building of Confucian temple covers an area of 2800 square meters, with a construction area of 1000 square meters. Present the intersection of China and traditional ancient architectural style, pieces of rich three, stock dark two, have the intersection of mountain and door, front hall, audience hall, two the intersection of grandfather and east west wing-room and bell tower, drum-tower. Confucian temple open up have the intersection of Confucius and Dacheng Palace recover, display, collect the intersection of China and 3 characteristics Confucian temple, picture, 12 wise to melt for room first Confucius, four, large-scale statue, high relief stand and look like, everyone is vivid, make people filled with deep respect, horizontal inscribed boards such as exemplary teacher for all ages , the people do not have ,etc. are hung above Confucius niche for a statue of Buddha. Various sacrificial utensils are being put before Confucius seated image, for visitors to pay homage to. Confucius holy mark content includes: The intersection of Confucius and son, one s life such as Confucius,etc.
1765- When the Qing Government extended Urumchi in 1767, in present Wenhua Road (once called as the lane of Confucian temple) Having built Confucian temple, this Confucian temple has not had any traced that can be sought yet now.
Reward to martyrs, it is China s inherent tradition. Wrote Germany in order to boast of one s bit of contribution, built Chinese unicorn s pavilion in Han Dynasty, built and insulted the cigarette cabinet in the Tang Dynasty, built the temple of distinguished person in the Ming Dynasty, built the clear loyal shrine in Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China built martyr s shrine, new China built the martyrs park. So, after Xinjiang built the province in 1884, in order to commemorate that recovers the offices and men died in battle of Xinjiang, then has advanced the way today to build the clear loyal shrine. Rename as martyr s shrine after the Republic of China. Later, the wooden Confucius memorial tablet in the original text temple was moved here, martyr s shrine has been turned into present Confucian temple, also someone calls it palace, gentle longevity palace, Wenchang palace, Wenchang hall, Wenchang shrine, Wenchang temple of Longevity Hill,etc.. Confucian temple at this moment, offer sacrifices to Confucius, offers sacrifices to spirit god of literature that administers the position and wealth of this world in Taoism too .
1922, the new doctorate in-house and so-called God taught of Yang Zeng, commander-in-chief in ancient China of Xinjiang ,Think it is God, and rename as Confucian temple God temple ,It is sacrificed with Confucius. After being in power in flourishing age of 1933, abrogated and offered a sacrifice to Heaven and held a memorial ceremony for the hole, God temple was nobody s business. In 1944, Jiang JieShi did not remove flourishing age from office, appointed Wu Zhong s letter as the president of province of Xinjiang, God temple replied and weighed Confucian temple that year, resumed offering a sacrifice to Heaven and holding a memorial ceremony for the hole. Begin to abrogate and offer a sacrifice to Heaven, present Confucius with respect specially after completing in Dacheng Palace next year.
In 1979 for , Confucian temple was classified as the municipality protected historic site, the country pulled out the fund of 1 million yuan and rebuilt the transformation on a large scale in 1988, the museum of Urumchi has been established in Confucian temple, there are five display exhibition halls now, namely , , , , .
Confucian temple is the space type building of Qing Dynasty of timber structure of a group of bricks, there are front and back audience halls and two groups of side halls in a palace or temple in the east side and the west side, and there are symmetrical two Bell and Drum Tower, the sets of brackets on top of the columns of the eaves fly in the straight audience hall of the front, blue brick semicircular tile, carved beams and painted rafter, intrigue against each other, the whole building, forceful and serious, antique, graceful and quiet and beautiful, visitors come here, often sigh with all sorts of feeling, the feeling of recalling antiquity rises of itself.