History of Hongjialou Church in Jinan?

Every place has its own characteristics, which is like when we mention Beijing, we can think of the Forbidden City, the Great Wall and the Temple of Heaven. When we mention Nanjing, we will think of the Presidential Palace, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and Xiaoling Mausoleum, which represent the business cards and treasures of those places. After talking about these popular places, let's talk about Hongjialou Church in Jinan.

According to the tradition and characteristics of China, the church did not seem to be common in the early days, because the foreign culture and the lack of some local belief foundations made this culture incompatible with the customs of China.

Ji' nan hongjialou church

What's the name of this building? Hongjialou Sacred Heart Church of Jesus? To make it simple, people will call it? The red chamber church? . The establishment of the church began in the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. Because of a series of reasons, the door of the country's heavy blockade was opened, and some foreign cultures began to infiltrate into Chinese civilization. This infiltration has formed a culture incompatible with the country, a diet incompatible with the country, and beliefs and buildings incompatible with the country.

It is the completion of this building that made it stand for hundreds of years from the Qing Dynasty and become a landmark building in Jinan, so that the old generation of Jinan people or the new generation of Jinan people will mention the characteristics of their hometown in unison? Jinan Red Mansion?

The present location of the church is Licheng District, Jinan City, Shandong Province, north of Honglou Square. Because of its grand scale and grand appearance, the people of Jinan were very surprised and interested. ? Red building? It is not only a landmark building in Jinan, but also one of the three most famous churches in North China and even the whole country, with a high status.

Many people will think that the church was founded in 1902. In fact, as early as the ninth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, his father Gu Lijun was ready to buy land in Jinan and had established a church. However, at the beginning of the 20th century, due to the Boxer Rebellion and a series of reasons, the church was severely damaged.

1902, things have come to an end, and a Dutch bishop used boxer indemnity to preside over the construction of the first church in Hongjialou. It was not until 1905 that the church was really completed. The graphic design of the church is in the charge of an Austrian monk. This is a Latin cross with European style and charm. Inside the church, there are many sculptures of celebrities and optimizations with religious stories. It is said that the exhibition hall of this church can accommodate 800 people at the same time.

This church is the most typical Gothic building. The reason why its construction time is very unstable is because it has been renovated and tidied up many times. For example, 190 1, this church did exist, but it was repaired in 1902~ 1905 and then successfully expanded in 1906, which is the huge church we saw later.

Judging from the design and completion effect of the whole church, it is very vigorous and solemn. It is said that its prototype is the style of European medieval churches in the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, which has high research value; In addition, the church is similar to the world-famous Westminster Abbey; Because of its great value, New China was established as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the government after its establishment.

As far as the whole building is concerned, what we see is the integration of Chinese and western cultures and the diversification and diversification of Chinese folk beliefs in the late Qing Dynasty.

From the perspective of cultural integration, this church plays a great role and effect, and also adds a rare business card to Jinan.