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Take No. 103, 104, 803, 814 and get off at station of Dong An Shopping Mall, the east of 300 Milo northwards
Introduce
The Catholic church of Wangfujing, it is one of four major Roman Catholic Cathedral Beijing. By the profit thought and Ann s train of thought (nationality not quite clear) 2 Catholic Father establish. At end of Ming Dynasty, 2 people preach in Sichuan. Clear and is taken prisoner to Beijing by the Manchu troop for the first time, a petty official in the respectful palace, (1655) in the 12 year of Shunzhi s rign ,Grant them a house and a vacant lot (namely the present location) before the First Emperor s good fortune ,They namely a church of building on the vacant lot, namely the second shrine (the first is Nantang Cathedral) in Beijing ,Only earliest East Cathedral.
In the courtyard of East Cathedral, the middle is a Catholic church, face west, amounts to about 30, the top of the hall sets up 3 crosses, the middle is large, both sides are small. There are 18 round brick columns that are supported, hang to Jesus many canvases of suffering a calamity or disaster etc.
on both sides in the hall. There are classrooms in the south of the hall, the west, there is a institute in the east, spend the pool, one-storey house, building inside, it is priest s residence. What has kept many imperial artisan Lang ShiNings and painted has looked like holily in East Cathedral, the 12th year of Jiaqing (1807) Catch fire, abrogate.
In 1884, rebuild the Roman hall, is burnt in the Yihetuan Movement. In 1904, used boxer indemnity fund Rebuild (France and the Irish two countries built jointly) ,Namely present East Cathedral. In the courtyard of East Cathedral, the middle is a Catholic church, face west, one is 25 meters wide, amounts to about 30, is located in blue and green stone base, the hall carries and sets up 3 crosses, the middle is large, both sides are small.
There are 18 round brick columns that are supported in the hall, the diameter is 65 centimetres, the stone base of column is square, many canvases of suffering a calamity or disaster etc. are hung to Jesus on the inner both sides of hall. Cover an area of nearly 10,000 square meters. It is a key historical relic under prodection of Dongcheng District.
The north segment of Beijing Wangfujing Street is carrying on the transformation, the original enclosure around mysterious church is being removed, have attracted everybody s sight. The ashy European pinnacle building losted in thought more and more completely because it is old secretly, the square had strong cultural and educational color even more surrounded by green tree before the door laid newly.
Relieved against the modernized building around, Wangfujing Roman Catholic Cathedral has become the new beauty spot on this street. The square had already decorated in front of the church door covering an area of more than 8000 square meters, both sides had seated that is suitable for pedestrian s having a rest on the square.
On the southern side in the church, covering an area of more than 1000 square meters, largest appearance soon of green land of Wangfujing street, it will be of flowers, bush, stereoscopic garden that plants of arbor. Because take rose as the core, it has a pleasant name -Rose Garden. An artificial spring flowed out from Rose Garden, leave because in accordance with range upon range of southern sides on the square, called The pile of spring .
The whole church square is higher than the ground by more than 1 meter, it is out of the common to make it show even more. It is said, because totally design according to Western-style Roman Catholic Cathedral, also there is a grape wine cellar under Rose Garden. Beijing Wangfujing church is the church of the architectural style of Rome, it is the model that a Chinese and Western architectural style is melted together.
Though in the downtown area, have not reduced its holy and pure makings at all. Pass by carelessly before the hall sometimes festival, the song like simple and honest electric organ sound and choir sunshine will be spread from the inside out, ripple in the air in winter.