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Confucius Temple is located in the south of Jiankang Road in Nanjing, which mainly refers to Confucius Temple, Gong Xue and Gong Yuan, but the streets around these three buildings are customarily called Confucius Temple. Within 0.5 square kilometers from Pingjiangfu Road in the east to Zhanyuan Road in the west, there are more than 300 shopping malls and shops, 2 theaters, many hotels and playgrounds, and an underground commercial street with an area of about 1 10,000 square meters. It can be said that Confucius Temple is a multifunctional service center integrating tourism, culture, commerce, catering and entertainment. The number of people on holidays reached 6.5438+0.5 million, especially during the Jinling Lantern Festival. In the third year of Xiankang in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in 337, Wang Dao, the prime minister, built the Gong Xue on the north bank of Qinhuai River, which was the earliest Confucius Temple building. In the first year of Ming Dow in Song Dynasty (1032), Song Renzong built Confucius Temple and Mi Fei Temple in front of Gong Xue. Later, because of the war, it was destroyed and rebuilt several times. The present building was re-planned and built by 1984. It reproduces the landscape of Jiangnan Street in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is antique. Confucius Temple is a place dedicated to Confucius, covering an area of 26,300 square meters. Zhaobi is located on the south bank of Qinhuai River, with a height of10m and a length of110m. On the top of the wall, there are small cylindrical tiles with slightly warped corners, which is the longest in China. There is a crescent-shaped pan pool on the bank of Hebei, and there is a row of stone fences built in the Ming Dynasty. To the east of the stone fence is the three-story six-flying-angle Kuiken Pavilion; In the north is Wen Shu Square with four pillars and three doors, and the four golden characters "Wen Shu in the world" are engraved in the middle; In the west is Juxing Court with double eaves and carved ridges, and in front of Dacheng is a stone gate with six columns and three doors. The buildings here are all marked with the word "star", which means that world literary stars gather here. Dachengmen is an ancient building with beams and buckets, with upturned horns and dragon ridges. Three doors stand side by side, each with 45 doornails and dragon head rings. There are four stone tablets of the Southern Qi, Yuan and Song Dynasties on the left and right sides of the gate, and cloisters on both sides of the inner court connect Dacheng Hall. Dacheng Hall is the main building of Confucius Temple, with a height of 16.2m, a width of 27.3m, a depth of 20.9m, seven double eaves, four slopes and five ridges. The vertical carving of Shuanglong pearl on the main ridge is the first in China, with 56 huge stones in the whole hall, which is magnificent. In front of the temple is the tallest bronze statue of Confucius in China, with a height of 4.18m. Outside the east and west walls are the east and west markets carefully planned and designed according to the Ming and Qing styles, which mainly deal in antique jade, Four Treasures of the Study, famous calligraphy and painting and tourist souvenirs. Gong Xue is located at the back of Dacheng Hall, and consists of buildings such as Mingde Hall, Zunjing Pavilion, Chongsheng Temple and Qingyun Building. It is the highest institution of learning in the ancient state capital. Mingde Hall, the main hall in Gong Xue, has been transformed into a playground. Turn left from Wenshufang to the east, and you will see a square three-story wooden structure with a bucket arch and cornices-Mingyuan Building. It is the central building of the former Jiangnan Gongyuan, which monitors candidates and issues orders during the examination. On both sides of the courtyard behind the building are buildings imitating the imperial examinations in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The building is about 1.5 meters long, and there are only two boards, with a table above and a stool below. Candidates eat, drink and sleep in this small space for a few days. All the food brought in should be checked, even the steamed bread should be cut to prevent cheating. In its heyday, Jiangnan Gongyuan occupied more than 70,000 square meters and had 20,644 rooms, making it the largest in China. Mingyuan Building, now called "Jiangnan Palace Garden Site", is a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. Historically, Confucius Temple was once a deformed and prosperous city. Especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, tens of thousands of candidates (up to more than 20,000 people) gathered here every autumn, so bookstores, teahouses and inns came into being, and restaurants and brothels flourished. At that time, some streets and lanes on the south bank of Qinhuai River were "gentle villages" and "golden nests" for rich children. There are many famous prostitutes, such as Li and Dong Xiaowan, who are known as the "Eight Wonders of Qinhuai". Today's building was rebuilt at 38 Chaoku Street and opened to the public as Li's former residence. Wu, a famous litterateur in the Qing Dynasty, once lived by the Qinhuai River. After 19 years, he wrote a masterpiece "Scholars" which criticized the imperial examination system. On the former site of his former residence, Qinhuai Water Pavilion, a river hall and river room building in the Ming and Qing Dynasties has been built, named "Qinhuai Renjia" Hotel. There are folk activities such as collecting wind hall and holding antique wedding. You can also taste Qinhuai snacks when visiting Confucius Temple. At present, more than 100 kinds of traditional snacks have been excavated, plus foreign fast food KFC and McDonald's, which is enough for tourists to feast their eyes. Jinling Lantern Festival is more famous. It is called the Lantern Festival on the 12th day of the first month and the Lantern Festival on the 18th. In fact, since the beginning of the year, people have been buying, selling and watching lanterns. There are dozens of different kinds of lanterns, which are dazzling and dazzling.
Xuanwu Lake
Xuanwu Lake was called Sangbo Lake, Moling Lake, Houhu Lake and Kunming Lake in ancient times. According to legend, during the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties, a black dragon appeared, so it was called Xuanwu Lake. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi implemented a new law and abandoned the lake as a field. Xuanwu Lake has disappeared since then. Zhu Yuanzhang built a high wall in the Ming Dynasty, and Xuanwu Lake was dredged and restored into a natural moat. 19 1 1 year opened as a park, 1954 years later, large-scale park construction began. Xuanwu Lake is located in the northeast of Nanjing, with a perimeter of 15km and a land and water area of 444 hectares. There are five small islands in the lake. Liangzhou, Zhou Huan, Lingzhou, Cuizhou and Yingzhou are connected by bridges. Pavilions, platforms, buildings, pavilions, halls, corridors and pavilions are dense, clouds and blue shadows are reflected, fish jump and kites fly. Willow trees around the island, flowers in Sakura Island, cloud trees in Cuizhou, autumn chrysanthemums in Liangzhou and Shan Lan in Lingzhou all have their own charm.
In recent years, Xuanwu Lake Park has introduced many large-scale entertainment projects to entertain tourists. For example, on the right side of Xuanwu Gate is a racecourse covering an area of 3,000 square meters. The horses in this racecourse are tamed and protected by cavalry veterans when riding to ensure the safety of tourists. On the left is a sightseeing train on the lake, which bypasses Liangzhou, Zhou Huan, Yingzhou and Lingzhou to the north and reaches Tailing Land. There are also golf clubs and standard tennis courts on the west side of Tailing Land.