Confucius Temple offers more than 200 kinds of traditional foods and snacks. The food culture of Confucius Temple has a long history, which can be traced back to the Six Dynasties, especially the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Various genres of dishes and snacks have won extraordinary feats and unique flavors, forming Qinhuai-style snacks represented by the "Eight Musts of Qinhuai".
The snacks in Confucius Temple are provided in a dry and sparse way, mixed with meat and vegetables, interspersed with folk performances, with strong local characteristics and cultural atmosphere, which makes the catering process become a process of general cultural appreciation at the same time, reflecting the exquisite combination of catering and culture, attracting Chinese and foreign tourists for a long time and becoming an important pillar of the tourism economy of Confucius Temple and the characteristic culture of this region.
Specific snacks include: fried cake with shredded radish and duck oil in Qifangge, beef wonton in Qifangge, lotus seed and red bean yuanxiao in Lianhu pastry shop, grandma's spiced eggs, yellow bean jelly and yellow chicken juice.
Folk culture:
Nanjing Confucius Temple Lantern Festival is a characteristic folk cultural activity circulating in Nanjing, also known as Jinling Lantern Festival, which is mainly held during the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival every year. As early as the Southern Dynasties, there was the Lantern Festival, when the grand occasion was the highest in China. Since the early Ming Dynasty, Nanjing Lantern Festival has gradually enjoyed the reputation of "Qinhuai Lantern Festival is the best in the world", and the famous Qinhuai River Lantern Boat is also famous all over the world.
After the 20th century, the Lantern Festival was further expanded, and the decorating skills of Qinhuai Lantern Festival were constantly improved, which promoted the development of folk arts such as paper-cutting, diabolo, knot, sculpture, shadow play, animal dance, yangko and stilts in Nanjing.
Nanjing Confucius Temple Lantern Festival has a long history. According to documents, as early as the Southern Dynasties, the traditional Lantern Festival was held in Nanjing, the capital, and its grand occasion was the highest in the country.
Time reference:
Two hours.
Fares:
be free of charge
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