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Qinhuai River was called Huaishui in ancient times. Legend goes that Emperor Qin Shihuang had Mt.
Fangshan and ridges cut to lead streams into Yujiang River, hence the name.The banks of the river have been densely populated since ancient times. It
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becomea famous trade center in the Six Dynasties. In Ming and Qing
Dynasties it grew even prosperous. Through rennovation and development in recent years, the river now is lined with restaurants and hotels and has |
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become Nanjing's business center and tourist resort with strong characteristic feature of Ming and Qing dynasties.
Nanjing Confucius Temple is for consecrating and worshipping Confucius,the great thingker and educator of ancient China.
Nanjing Confucius temple was built in Song |
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times.The Confucius Temple once was rebuilt
in Qing Dynasty(A.D.1869) but was serious fired |
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| and destroyed by the Japanese aggresser troops in 1937.In order to protect the old city,the Chinese Govemment appropriated funds to rebuild and fix the Confucius Temple.Nowadays it has re-expressed its splendid civilization to the world and has been regarded the special scenery of Nanjing.In 1991,the Confucius Temple was elected the "Forty Best Scenery Spots". |
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In the central of Confucius Temple is Dachen Hall.From screen wall to Weishan,the south and north,are in a line.The left and right architectures are in symmetry.The whole area is about 23,600 square meters.Near the south bank of Qinhuai River is the longest screen wall of China near the nouth bank of Qinhuai River is the |
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| stone balustrade.The east is Kuixin Attic and the west is Juxin Pavilion.From Lingxin Gate to Dachen Gate,there are Dachen Hall,Minde Hall.Together with |
the East and West
Market, Gongyuan Street,the Confucius Temple shows its special Min and Qin architecture style scenery.
The government of Nanjing decided to develop
the Qinhuai |
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area circled by the Confucius Temple's ancient
architectures in 1984.Since 1984,the government of
Qinhuai District had made greatly renovations to
the ancient architecture,especially to Ming and
Qing architecture in the area of confucius |
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temple.A great number of scences had
been rebuild such as: Confucius Temple,
Jiangnan Exabition School, Wang and Xie's
hitorical residense etc. From then on,
houses and streets on both banks of Qinhuai
River had |
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great change.They are more and more beautiful.And
the polluted water of Qinhuai River was
fathered.As an hournor, the Confucius Temple was
elected the "Forty Best Scenery Spots"。 |
