Beijing Confucius Temple

Beijing Confucius Temple, also known as the "Pre-Teacher Temple", is located at No. 13 Guozijian Street, Andingmen, Dongcheng District, Beijing, and is a place for the sacrifice of Confucius in the ancient Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in China. Founded in Yuan Dade six years (1302) in June, Dade ten years (1306) was built, the area is 2.2 million square meters, Ming Yongle nine years (1411) reconstruction. Beijing Confucian Temple sits north and south, the ancient building area is about 7400 square meters. The main building is distributed along the central axis, the left and right symmetrical Chinese traditional architectural layout, three courtyards, the central axis from the south to the north in turn are the first division gate, Dachengmen, Dacheng Hall, Chongsheng Gate and Chongsheng Temple, the main building is covered with yellow glazed tiles. The Confucian Temple in Beijing was renovated in a large-scale manner in 1906 and completed in the five years of the Republic of China in 1916. The Confucian Temple in Beijing formed the existing scale and layout. The title monument of the Confucian Temple in Beijing is an important document for the study of the ancient Chinese imperial examination system. The cultural relics left over from the Confucian Temple have been accumulated over 700 years of history and culture, and have become important historical materials and objects for studying ancient Chinese imperial examinations, Confucius Confucianism, architectural forms and cultural connotations.

The cypress is the largest cypress tree in the Confucian Temple. It is said that it was planted by Xu Heng, a national supervisor of the Yuan Dynasty, and it has been nearly 700 years of history. The legend shows that the emperor Yan Yan, the emperor Jiajing, sacrificed his urn, went to the tree, the branch removed his urn hat, people think that the cypress tree knows, can distinguish loyal and adulterous, so called "touch the cypress" or "distinguish the cypress"

Beijing Confucius Temple, also known as the "Pre-Teacher Temple", is located at Beijing Confucius Temple at No. 13 Guozijian Street, Andingmen, Dongcheng District, Beijing. It is a place for the ancient Chinese Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties to sacrifice Confucius. Founded in Yuan Dade six years (1302), Dade ten years (1306) completed, the area of 2.2 million square meters, Ming Yongle nine years (1411) reconstruction. Beijing Confucian Temple sits north and south, the ancient building area is about 7400 square meters. The main building is distributed along the central axis, the left and right symmetrical Chinese traditional architectural layout, three courtyards, the central axis from the south to the north in turn are the first division gate, Dachengmen, Dacheng Hall, Chongsheng Gate and Chongsheng Temple, the main building is covered with yellow glazed tiles.

北京孔庙除大成门、大成殿、进士题名碑、古柏之外，最令人叫绝的是14座御碑亭，分列在一进院和二进院中。御碑碑体浑厚，四面雕刻龙纹，特别漂亮，基座都带江崖海水纹。大成门前还有两座元代御碑，无碑亭，现在用铁皮箱保护。

北京孔庙，又名“先师庙”，位于北京孔庙位于北京东城区安定门内国子监街13号，为中国古代元、明、清三朝祭祀孔子的场所。始建于元大德六年（1302年），大德十年（1306年）建成，面积2.2万平方米，明永乐九年（1411年）重建。