The scenic spots in Confucius Temple are: 1. Xuegong, 2. Zhaobi, 3. Wuyi Alley, 4. Dacheng Hall, 5. Panchi, 6. Qinhuai River, 7. Zhanyuan, 8. Confucius Temple-Qinhuai Scenic Area

, 9. Laomendong Historic District, 10. Zhonghua Gate, etc.

1. Xuegong: Xuegong is located on the north side of the back street of Dacheng Hall. It was originally the "No. 1 School in the Southeast" and includes ancient buildings such as Mingde Hall, Zunjing Pavilion, Qingyun Tower, and Chongsheng Temple.

Mingde Hall is the main building of the academy. During the imperial examination period, scholars came here every month to listen to lectures and lectures.

All academic palaces in China are called "Ming Lun Hall", while the academy in Confucius Temple is called "Ming De Hall". It is said that it is because of the "Ming De Hall" plaque inscribed by Wen Tianxiang in the Song Dynasty.

In 1986, during the maintenance of Mingde Hall, the four "Zhidao", "Jude", "Yiren" and "Youyi" buildings on both sides were restored.

2. Screen Wall: The Confucius Temple Screen Wall is located on the south bank of the Qinhuai River. It was built in the third year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1575). It is tall and majestic, with a total length of 110 meters, and is the longest screen wall in the country.

What is significantly different from Confucius temples across the country is that it uses the natural river of the Qinhuai River as its pond.

3. Wuyi Alley: Wuyi Alley is located tens of meters southwest of Confucius Temple. It is a quiet and narrow alley. It was originally the location of the residences of Wang Dao and Xie An, the famous prime ministers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

According to "Danyang Ji" quoted in Volume 16 of "Jingding Jiankang Zhi" of the Song Dynasty, this place was originally the location of Wu Wuyi Camp of the Three Kingdoms, hence its name.

To commemorate Wang Dao and Xie An, Laiyan Hall was built in the east of Wuyi Lane. The building is simple and elegant. Portraits of Wang Dao and Xie An are hung in the hall. Officials and tourists are constantly visiting. It has become a place to pay homage to the famous ministers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and express their nostalgia for the ancient times.

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4. Dacheng Hall: Dacheng Hall is the main hall of Confucius Temple. It is 16.22 meters high, 28.1 meters wide and 21.7 meters deep.

In the middle of the hall hangs the largest portrait of Confucius in the country, 6.50 meters high and 3.15 meters wide.

Fifteen kinds of ancient Confucius-sacrifice musical instruments, including imitations of chimes and chimes from 2,500 years ago, are displayed in the hall. Ancient tunes and elegant music are performed regularly, and large-scale Ming Dynasty music and dance performances reflecting the etiquette of worshiping Confucius in the Ming Dynasty are performed, allowing the audience to hear the bells and bells of the Spring and Autumn Period.

The music of drums and the sound of harp and harp show the style of ancient music from more than 2,000 years ago.

5. Panchi: The pool in front of the Confucius Temple is generally called "Panchi".

The Academy of Lu State was located on the bank of the Pan River. During the Zhou Dynasty, "the learning of the emperor was called Yong, and the learning of the princes was called Pan." This practice has been followed since then.

Before the Confucius Temple was built, a section of the Qinhuai River flowing through the square was transformed into a Panchi, making Confucius Temple the only Confucius Temple in China to use natural running water as a Panchi.

6. Qinhuai River: The Qinhuai River is a tributary of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Most of it is in Nanjing City. It is regarded as the mother river of Nanjing and is called the "Ten Mile Qinhuai". It is one of the most prosperous places in Nanjing and is where many tourists come.

A must-do in Nanjing.

You can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Qinhuai River by boat at night, and experience the local customs and customs along the river from different perspectives.

There are festivals in all seasons, such as the Spring Cultural Temple Fair, the Qinhuai Summer in the summer, the Confucius Temple Food Festival in the autumn, and the Jinling Lantern Festival in the winter.

7. Zhanyuan: Zhanyuan is the oldest existing garden in Nanjing. It was first built during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.

The layout is elegant and exquisite, with magnificent ancient buildings from the Ming and Qing Dynasties and steep rockeries.

The Taihu Stone of the Northern Song Dynasty and the quiet and elegant pavilions and pavilions are also located here. The "tiger-character stele", a treasure of the palace, is still preserved in the palace.

There is the world's earliest air-conditioned building "Bronze Pavilion" in the garden. The eastern part of the garden is dominated by ancient buildings, and the western part is gardens. The garden is famous for its rockeries and waterside pavilions.

8. Confucius Temple-Qinhuai Scenic Belt: Confucius Temple-Qinhuai Scenic Belt is a national AAAAA-level tourist area integrating natural scenery, landscape gardens, temples, schools, residents and local customs.

The scenic area is centered on the ancient building complex of Confucius Temple, with the Qinhuai River within ten miles as the axis, starting from Dongshuiguan Park in the east and ending at Xishuiguan Park (today's Shuiximen) in the west.

9. Laomendong Historic District: Laomendong Historic District is called "Mendong" because it is located to the east of the south gate of Nanjing City. It is opposite to Laomenxi and is an important part of the Qinhuai Scenic Area of ??Nanjing Confucius Temple.

Laomendong is a gathering place for traditional residential buildings in Nanjing. Since ancient times, it has been a place where merchants from the south of the Yangtze River gather, where people gather, and where aristocratic families live.

10. Zhonghua Gate: Zhonghua Gate is the south gate of the capital city of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the best-preserved city gate in Nanjing.

The urn city is a majestic project with a complex structure. The city is divided into two floors, with four gates. It has 27 caves for hiding soldiers, which can hide 3,000 soldiers.

It is the largest urn city in my country.

Zhonghua Gate was the traffic chokepoint in the south of the old city of Nanjing in the old days. Laomen East and Laomen West, bounded by Zhonghua Gate, have been prosperous places in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times.

The former city gate is now covered with green jade walls.

What comes face to face is the magnificent city wall, weathered and peeling city bricks and overgrown roads.