Harbin Confucius Temple (), or Harbin Confucian 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 t ...

located in Confucian Temple Street (文庙街), Nangang District (南岗区),

Harbin City Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, China, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and lar ...

, Heilongjiang Province. The Temple is a typical building complex imitating the

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of the

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...

. File:Harbin Confucian Temple.jpg File:Harbin Confucian Temple2.jpg Located within the

courtyard A courtyard or court is a circumscribed area, often surrounded by a building or complex, that is open to the sky. Courtyards are common elements in both Western and Eastern building patterns and have been used by both ancient and contemporary ...

Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University (HEU; ) was founded in 1953 in Harbin, China. It offers more than 150-degree programs, 48 of which are conducted in English. Designated a Double First Class University and a former Project 211 university, HEU is ...

, Harbin Confucius Temple is the largest Confucian temple in

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. In the whole of China, its scale is second only to Qufu Confucius Temple and

Beijing Confucius Temple Beijing Temple of Confucius () is the second-largest Confucian temple in China, after the one in Confucius's hometown of Qufu. History The Temple of Confucius in Beijing was built in 1302 during the reign of Temür (Emperor Chengzong) of the Y ...

History

The construction of the Harbin Confucius Temple began in 1926 and was completed in 1929, costing 730,000 Harbin silver dollar notes (哈大洋). In November 1996, Harbin Confucius Temple was included as the fourth batch of the China's Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level.

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