Yuan Dynasty architecture in Yunnan - Anning

#travelinginchina Rare Yuan Dynasty architecture in Yunnan - Anning Confucian Temple Dacheng Hall 🔻 The Anning Confucian Temple was first built in the sixth year of the Dade reign of Emperor Chengzong of the Yuan Dynasty (1302), but was later destroyed in a military disaster. In the third year of the Yuan Dynasty (1337), it was rebuilt under the leadership of General Xuanwei and the head of the Zhongqing Road Daluhua Chidangdaolu. The Confucian Temple used to be a large-scale architectural complex, consisting of 22 buildings including Wenming Fang, Zhaobi, Panchi, Jinsheng Yuzhen Fang, Lingxing Gate, Dacheng Gate, Dacheng Hall, Chongsheng Temple, as well as seven courtyards and six courtyards including the East and West Courts, Hongmen, and Xiangxian Temple. Today, only Dacheng Hall and Chongsheng Temple remain. 🔻 The Dacheng Hall sits north to south and is a raised beam wooden structure with a width of 5 bays and a depth of 3 bays. It has front and rear corridors and a single eave with nine ridges and a gable top, with a ridge height of 10 meters. The eaves are trimmed with glazed tiles. The hall adopts the method of reducing and relocating columns to expand the space. Take care that there are two arch of wooden architecture in the outer eaves, one in the secondary eaves, and none in the middle eaves. The arch of wooden architecture on the front eaves is built by raising five pavilions from the top to the bottom, turning six pavilions from the inside to re arch for three seconds, and the arch of wooden architecture on the inner eaves is built by three jumps and six pavilions. Chinese paleontologist Liu Dunzhen believes in his "Overview of Southwest Ancient Architecture Survey" that the high and arch rolling and killing techniques, as well as the single arch construction on the central seam and jumping head of the Dacheng Hall of the Anning Confucian Temple, follow the legal system of the Song and Yuan dynasties. 🔻 Chongsheng Temple is located in the north of Dacheng Hall. It is a beam lifting wooden structure, with 5 rooms wide, 5 rooms deep with front corridors, and a single eave gable roof. 🔻 The Anning Confucian Temple is now used as a museum and preserves over 10 stone inscriptions from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties; In front of the Dacheng Hall, there is also a pair of red sandstone stone lions, originally placed on both sides of the east gate of Yaocen Tower. In 1985, Yaocen Tower was burned down and the stone lions were moved to their current location; The Ming Dynasty tin figurines unearthed from Songhua Pavilion are also quite distinctive. #localguides #familytrip #historicallandmarks #trip m