Famous shops include Kuiguang Pavilion, Xinqifang Pavilion, Jiang, Academy, Yongheyuan, Liu Fengju, Wufengju, Deshunju and Longmenju. There is also the unique "Yuelai Pavilion", an original boat moored on the Qinhuai River. "Xueyuan" and "Yongheyuan" steamed buns are thin-skinned and full of brine, each with more than 20 stacks. Crab-yellow steamed buns are more delicious. "Novelty Fangge" provides vegetable buns, crisp sesame cakes, sweet bean paste buns, chicken noodles, dried silk and spring rolls with unique flavor. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, "Jiang" and "Little Paris" were collectively called "Three Confucius Temple". "Jiang" is famous for making beef pot stickers.
"Liu Fengju" is famous for tofu and scallion cakes; "Little Paris" attracts guests with waitresses, which is quite foreign. Since 1980s, snacks in Confucius Temple have flourished unprecedentedly, and time-honored brands such as Yonghe Garden, Qifangge (original novel Fangge), Jiang, Kuiguang Pavilion, Liu Fengju and Baoshunxing (now Zhanyuan noodle restaurant) have been carried forward. Dozens of individual snack bars have extraordinary skills. Qinhuai Cuisine Research Association was established in August, 1987, to study Qinhuai cuisine, guide subordinate enterprises to improve the quality of dishes and explore the creation of dishes.
From 1987 to 12, the city holds a food month once a year, and then develops into a food festival twice a year. This kind of food festival is organized, planned, concentrated, huge in scale, delicious in batches and unique in flavor, attracting many diners. During the food festival, open management was implemented, and famous teachers from Beijing, Tianjin, Nanjing, Chengdu, Kunshan, Wuxi, Yangzhou and Zhenjiang were invited to perform in the Confucius Temple. Confucius Temple snacks are deeply loved by tourists at home and abroad, and 19 varieties have won provincial and ministerial awards or honorary titles. * * * * * * * * * * * * After visiting Confucius Temple and tasting Confucius Temple snacks, I happily wrote the inscription "Ten Li Qinhuai, flowing for thousands of years, the scenery of the Six Dynasties is more brilliant today".
"The bag is full of water in the morning and water in the bag at night." This is an old saying of Nanjing people. It means drinking tea in the teahouse in the morning and taking a bath in the bathroom at night. This is also the habit of old Nanjing people. At that time, there were teahouses in almost every street and alley in Nanjing. According to 1935, there were nearly 300 teahouses in the city at that time.
Confucius Temple is a place where tea houses in Nanjing are concentrated in the past dynasties, and it is also a typical representative of old China tea houses. There are dozens of large and small teahouses in this bustling area. Since the late Qing Dynasty, there have been famous Wen Qu, Shuiyingtai, Wanquan, Dalu, Xueyuan, Kuiguang Pavilion, Xinqifang Pavilion, Yonghe Garden, Six Dynasties Residence, Yinqing, World Garden, Deyuetai, Yishun, Hongfu Garden, Hechun Garden, People, Lequn, Gong Yue, Wenluan Pavilion, Tianxiang Pavilion, Linfeng Pavilion and Longfei Pavilion.
As the name implies, tea houses should focus on tea, but with the prosperity and development of tea houses, in fact, all kinds of cakes and snacks have become the bulk business of tea houses, and some also provide special tea dishes and mellow wine to attract customers. From ancient times to the present, snacks in Confucius Temple are inseparable from steamed buns, biscuits and dried silk.
Steamed buns have a long history among these three commodities. At that time, Liu Changxing's steamed dumplings were the most famous steamed buns in Nanjing. His steamed buns were thin and salty, which was different from others. The so-called thin skin means that it will not break, leak or sink. In addition to fresh meat, the stuffing of Liu Baozi is also mixed with a lot of skin belly, commonly known as meat skin stuffing. Once the stuffing is steamed, all the skin and belly turn into marinade. As for the proportion of this meat stuffing, Liu Guofa kept it a secret. Many colleagues copied them one by one, but they were not as good as Liu Changxing because they missed the point.
Sesame cake Sesame cake is the most popular food in Nanjing. At that time, all teahouses in Nanjing were making sesame cakes. Sesame cakes are actually foreign goods, originally Persian (now Iran) food. "Crab shell yellow" is the best-selling sesame seed cake in Qinhuai. Shaped like a crab and colored like a boiled crab shell. The entrance is crisp, fragrant and has a long aftertaste. The "crab shell yellow" of this lard chopped green onion is not simple. People who are unskilled and inexperienced at home not only can't bake baked sesame cakes well, but sometimes their hands will be burned, which is called "wearing bracelets" in jargon, which not only affects the business of the store, but also makes them embarrassed.
Dried silk used to eat dried silk before eating other snacks in the teahouse. At that time, every family in Qinhuai Teahouse had "boiled dried silk". As for the teahouse that specializes in green tea but doesn't sell dried silk, it is unique. But it was not the teahouse owner who started to run dried silk, but the "private goods" of the teahouse waiter. At that time, the waiter's income mainly depended on the limited tips of tea drinkers, and his salary was pitiful, so the waiter made joint ventures to dry silk. Every day before the teahouse opens, the guys share it, and then share the proceeds equally after the market closes. Therefore, the waiters in Nanjing Teahouse are more distinctive than their counterparts in other places.
Confucius Temple was built in the first year of Jingyou (1034) and expanded from the Eastern Jin Academy. This group of large-scale ancient buildings with oriental architectural characteristics has experienced vicissitudes and been abandoned several times. After reconstruction in the eighth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1869), it was destroyed during the Japanese invasion. After liberation, the party and the people's government attached great importance to the protection of cultural relics and listed it as a municipal cultural relics protection unit. The municipal government has allocated funds for many years and carefully maintained it, making it a landmark building along the Qinhuai River.
The buildings of Confucius Temple are full of Ming and Qing colors. It takes Dacheng Hall as the center and forms a central axis from Zhaobi to the north and south of Weishan. The left and right buildings are symmetrically arranged, covering an area of about 26,300 square meters. Surrounded by high walls, there are gates and watchtowers.
Zhaobi on the south bank of Qinhuai River, built in the third year of Ming Wanli (1575), is tall and majestic, with a total length of 1 10 meter, which is the highest in China. Obviously different from the Confucius Temple all over the country, it takes Qinhuai and other natural rivers as Chi Pan. The stone fence on the north bank of the pond was built in the ninth year of Ming Dynasty (15 14). The first door of the temple is Xingxingmen, which is a stone structure with six columns and three doors, with beautiful shape and peony relief patterns embedded in it. When you enter Lingxing Gate, you will face Dacheng Gate. Confucius made a comprehensive work on the ancient culture of China, and this gate was named Dacheng. Stone lions stand in front of the door, and the corner doors are opened left and right. There are four ancient monuments on both sides of the gate: Confucius' memorial tablet for seeking gifts, which is said to be a relic of the second year of Qi Yongming in the Southern Dynasty (484); Qing Ji Confucius Temple Monument was carved in the first year of Yuan Shunzhi (1330); The tablet of Saint was inscribed in the second year of Yuan Dynasty (1331); "Feng Bei" was engraved in the second year of Yuan Dynasty.
There are eight ginkgo trees planted in Dachengmen, and the ancient lights are symmetrical. A straight stone tunnel in the middle leads to Danyong in front of Dacheng Hall. This Danyong is a place where music and dance are held when offering sacrifices to Confucius. In the middle stands a bronze statue of Confucius, which is 4.18m high and weighs 2500kg. This is the largest bronze statue of Confucius in China. On the stone steps on both sides, there are white marble statues of twelve sages, such as Confucius disciples Yan Hui and Luz, each with a height of 1.80m, standing in different levels. Towering and solemn Dacheng Hall, with double eaves and staggered arches, two-line play beads in the dragon kiss ridge, and three golden characters "Dacheng Hall" on the vertical plaque with double eaves and sea blue, written by Ji Pengfei.
Dacheng Hall is the main hall of Confucius Temple, with a height of16.22m, a width of 28. 1 m and a depth of 21.7m.. The largest portrait of Confucius in China hangs in the center of the hall, with a height of 6.50m and a width of 3.15m. The furnishings in the hall imitate fifteen kinds of ancient musical instruments such as chimes and chimes 2,500 years ago, regularly play ancient songs and elegant music, and perform large-scale Ming Dynasty music and dances reflecting the ritual music of offering sacrifices to Confucius, so that the audience can hear the "music of bells and drums" and "the sound of the piano" in the Spring and Autumn Period, and show the style of another ancient music more than 2,000 years ago. The main hall is surrounded by murals of Confucius' performance drawings, which have both form and spirit.
There are two stele corridors around the temple, and the walls are inlaid with 30 inscriptions inscribed for Mo Bao by famous calligraphers such as Zhao Puchu, Lin Sanzhi, Shen Peng and Wu Zhongqi. In the stele gallery, there is an exhibition of yuhua stone, which is known as "a must in China". Exhibitions of other historical relics and artworks are often held in Dacheng Hall to promote the long-standing culture of the Chinese nation.
It is not only a historical relic building, but also a museum that reflects Nanjing's local customs and promotes national culture. Since the reconstruction of 1984, it has received more than 600,000 tourists. Here, there is Jinling Lantern Festival in spring; In summer, there are folk culture temple fairs and "Qinhuai Summer" cool parties; There are food festivals, cultural festivals, hole worship activities and chrysanthemum exhibitions in autumn.
As the central attraction of Qinhuai scenic belt, Dacheng Hall, an ancient Confucius Temple, is welcoming tourists from all directions with a brand-new look and first-class service.
As the core scenic spot of Confucius Temple, the magnificent Dacheng Hall is a temple dedicated to Confucius, a famous thinker and educator in ancient China. Named after Confucius' great contribution to the ancient culture of China, the layout is the front hall and the back learning palace. In front of the ancient lion stand, there are corner doors on the left and right. In feudal times, only officials could enter and exit through the gate, and ordinary scholars could only enter and exit from the side. As soon as I entered the gate, I saw a white marble tablet. On the front is the "Nanjing Confucius Temple" inscribed by a famous ancient calligrapher, and on the north is a detailed record of the reconstruction of the Confucius Temple. Entering the central temple, a straight stone tunnel leads to the cave in front of Dacheng Hall. In the center of the cave stands a bronze statue of Confucius, which is 4. 18 meters high and weighs 2.5 tons. This is the largest bronze statue of Confucius in China. On both sides of the aisle, each white marble statue among Confucius disciples is 1.8 meters high and stands in different levels. There are two stone tablets around the temple, and the wall is inlaid with 30 original titles inscribed for Mo Bao by famous calligraphers such as Zhao Puchu, Lin Sanzhi and Wu Zhongqi. In the tablet, there is an exquisite Nanjing specialty, Yuhua Stone, which is known as "the first in China", colorful and beautifully shaped. The majestic main hall of Dacheng Hall is 16.22 meters high, 28. 1 meter wide and 2 1.7 meters deep, with double eaves and staggered arches. In the center of the hall hangs the largest portrait of Confucius in China, 6.5 meters high and 3. 15 meters wide. There are white marble statues such as Yan Hui, Zeng Shen, Kong Ren and Monk on both sides, and 38 huge colored stone mosaic murals reflecting the life story of Confucius are displayed on the surrounding walls. Go out from the back door of Dacheng Hall and enter the Gong Xue tourist area. In the imperial examination era, Gong Xue was the highest institution for students in this province to study. In order to educate scholars and gradually learn to follow the way of sages and saints, Gong Xue always worked with Confucius Temple. As the center of ancient culture and education in Jiangsu, Gong Xue is located behind Dacheng Hall, with Mingdetang and Zunjingge as the main body, and the plaque of "Southeast First School" was inscribed by Qin Dashi, the champion of the late Qing Dynasty.
There are many small shops in Confucius Temple, and the prices are very cheap, so we have to bargain ~ ~ ~