Travel Guide to Confucian Palace in Haiyang County, Chaozhou

Scenic spot introduction:

Haiyang County Confucianism Palace is located at the junction of Changli Road and Wenxing Road in Chaozhou City. It is commonly known as the Red School, the Palace of Learning, and also known as the Confucius Temple. It is one of the 11 provincial key cultural relics protection units in Chaozhou City. It has a history of more than 640 years since it was rebuilt in the early Ming Dynasty. It was first built during the Shaoxing period of the Southern Song Dynasty. In the third year of Jingyan [1] (1278), it was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt in the second year of Hongwu (1369) of the Ming Dynasty. Dacheng Hall Although it has gone through many vicissitudes, its main buildings Dacheng Hall It still completely retains the features of palace architecture in the eastern Guangdong region in the early Ming Dynasty. It has been expanded upon many times in subsequent dynasties and has become a large-scale building complex.

Attractions distribution:

The existing area of the palace is only 4,000 square meters, and the main buildings are Lingxing Gate , companion pool, West Veranda , East Veranda , Dacheng Gate and Dacheng Hall The Chaozhou Museum is now located in the Confucian Palace of the county. In addition to admiring the unique architecture, the palace also displays a lot of treasures and a full range of cultural relics, including jade, ceramics, copper, iron and tin, Chaozhou wood carvings, embroidery, ancient calligraphy and paintings, local documents (thread-bound volumes), folk cultural relics, revolutionary cultural relics, etc.

Scenic spot features:

Leisure, architecture, culture, monuments, history