Xiangyin Confucius Temple () is a

Confucian temple A temple of Confucius or Confucian temple is a temple for the veneration of Confucius and the sages and philosophers of Confucianism in Chinese folk religion and other East Asian religions. They were formerly the site of the administration of ...

located in Wenxing Subdistrict of

Xiangyin County Xiangyin County () is a Counties of China, county in Hunan, Hunan Province, China, under the administration of Yueyang, Yueyang City. Located on the southeastern shores of Dongting Lake, Lake Dongting, the Xiang River runs south to north through t ...

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

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History

Xiangyin Confucius Temple was first built in 1044, during the

Northern Song dynasty The Song dynasty ( ) was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Ten Kingdoms, endin ...

(960–1127), and went through many changes and repairs through the following dynasties. Most of the present structures in the temple were repaired or built in 1744, during the ruling of

Qianlong Emperor The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 17117 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, personal name Hongli, was the fifth Emperor of China, emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China pr ...

of the

Qing dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

(1644–1911). Xiangyin Confucius Temple has been classified as a provincial cultural unit in 1983. The most recent renovation was in 2009. In 2013, it was listed among the 7th batch of "

Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Hunan Major most commonly refers to: * Major (rank), a military rank * Academic major, an academic discipline to which an undergraduate student formally commits * #People, People named Major, including given names, surnames, nicknames * Major and minor ...

" by the

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Architecture

Xiangyin Confucius Temple covers an area of . The Dacheng Hall is the main hall of the temple. It is high, three rooms wide, three rooms deep and has double-eave gable and hip roofs.

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