Urumqi Temple of Literature basic introduction

Urumqi Temple of Literature belongs to the Urumqi humanities landscape of the famous tourist to go.

The Temple of Literature, also known as the Temple of Confucius, dedicated to the worship of Confucius and built, because the Tang Xuanzong Kaiyuan 27 years as the king of Confucius Xuan, so the Temple of Confucius, also known as the Temple of Xuan, Temple of Literature. Urumqi Temple of Literature, now located in Qianjin Road, No. 15, is the only well-preserved temple complex in the whole of Xinjiang in the Qing Dynasty style, which stands against the street, with rows of poplar trees in front of the door. The green leaves are of ornamental value. Urumqi Temple of literature was originally a temple of God, then supervised the repair in the eleventh year of the Republic of China (1922), the main sacrifice to God, with the enjoyment of Confucius. 1945 was repaired for the Confucius Dacheng Hall. 1979 was announced as a municipal cultural relics protection units. 1988-1990 the state invested millions of dollars to drop the frame maintenance.

The Temple of Literature as a whole covers an area of 2800 square meters, construction area of 1000 square meters. The traditional Chinese ancient architectural style, the face of three, two deep, there are the door, the front hall, the main hall, two ancestral east, west rooms and bell tower, drum tower.

The Temple opened with Confucius Dacheng Hall restoration display, set the National Temple three features, Confucius, four like, twelve philosophers into one room, large statues, high-relief standing statues, each lifelike, people are in awe, the "Ten Thousand Teachers," "Sangmin has not" and other plaques hanging above the Confucius niche. Confucius statue placed in front of a variety of sacrificial vessels for visitors to worship. The content of "Confucius Sacred Sites" includes: Confucius' first son, the life of Confucius and so on

When the Qing government expanded the city of Urumqi in 1765-1767, it built the Temple of Literature on the present Culture Road (formerly known as Literature Temple Lane), which is now devoid of any relics to be found.

Rewarding loyalty and martyrdom is an inherent Chinese tradition. In order to recognize merit, the Han Dynasty built the Qilin Pavilion, the Tang Dynasty built the Ling Yan Pavilion, the Ming Dynasty built the Temple of Merit, the Qing Dynasty built the Zhaozhong Shrine, the Republic of China built the Shrine of Loyalty, and the New China built the Martyrs' Mausoleum. Therefore, in 1884, after the establishment of Xinjiang Province, in order to commemorate the recapture of Xinjiang's fallen soldiers, so in today's forward road to build the Zhaozhong Ancestral Hall. After the Republic of China, it was renamed Zhonglie Shrine. Later, the wooden Confucius tablet in the original Temple of Literature was moved here, and the Zhonglie Shrine became the present Temple of Literature, which is also called Wanshou Palace, Wenshou Palace, Wenchang Palace, Wenchang Temple, Wenchang Ancestral Hall, Wenchang Temple, Wenchang Temple, and so on. At this time, the Temple of Literature was dedicated to both Confucius and Emperor Wenchang, the revered god of Taoism who is in charge of merit and fame in the human world.

In 1922, Xinjiang Governor Yang Zengxin created the so-called God Religion, believing that the sky is God, and renamed the Temple of Literature as the Temple of God, where both the sky and Confucius were worshipped. 1933, after Sheng Shicai came to power, he abolished the sacrifice of the sky and Confucius, and the Temple of God was left unattended. 1944, Chiang Kai-shek dismissed Sheng Shicai, and appointed Wu Zhongxin as the chairman of Xinjiang, and in that year, the Temple of God was called the Temple of Literature and the temple of Confucius resumed its worship of the sky and Confucius. The following year, the Dacheng Hall was completed. The following year, after the completion of the Dacheng Hall, began to abolish the sacrifice to heaven, dedicated to Confucius.

In 1979, the Temple of Man was listed as a municipal cultural relics protection units, in 1988, the state appropriated 1 million yuan for large-scale renovation and transformation in the Temple of Man was set up in Urumqi City Museum, there are five exhibition halls, namely, 〈Urumqi Overview Exhibition〉, 〈Urumqi city history exhibition〉, 〈shi man stone monument exhibition〉, 〈holes, Dacheng Hall exhibition〉, 〈man collection of Shou Xi scrolls exhibition〉.

The Temple is a group of brick and wood structure of the Qing Dynasty Yu-style buildings, built before and after the main hall and the east and west sides of the two groups of halls, and there are two symmetrical bell and drum towers, the main hall in front of the eaves arch, brick tile, carved beams and painted buildings, hooks and corners, the overall building, majestic and dignified, antique, elegant and secluded, the tourists to this, often feel a lot of feelings, nostalgia for ancient times came to life.