Yuelu Academy, a millennium-old institution of higher learning - Confucius Temple Complex.

Yuelu Academy, a millennium-old institution of higher learning - Confucius Temple Complex Address: Lushan Road, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan Admission: CNY 40 Opening hours: 7:50-17:00 (Continued from above) After visiting Yuelu Academy, walk east to the archway of the Confucius Temple, which is engraved with "Dao Guan Gu Jin". The Confucius Temple has its own courtyard, and the existing temple was restored in the 1940s. It consists of a screen wall, an archway, Dacheng Gate, Dacheng Hall, two wings, Chongsheng Temple, and Minglun Hall. The academy began to worship Confucius when it was first established, and the statue of Confucius teaching is located between the screen wall and Dacheng Gate. Dacheng Gate has red walls and yellow tiles, and three doors are open. It is solemn and solemn, with a plaque of "Dacheng Gate" hanging, and a couplet on both sides of "Dao if the river can be formed anywhere, the saint is like the sun and the moon, and there is spring and autumn everywhere". In the middle of Dacheng Hall, Confucius is enshrined, and a plaque of "Teacher of Ten Thousand Generations" is hung. To the north of Dacheng Hall is Chongsheng Temple, which is not open. On the east and west sides of the courtyard are Minglun Hall and Wenchang Pavilion. After visiting the Confucius Temple, pass through the cultural and creative shop in the teaching room, go up the hill and walk north to visit the Lushan Temple Stele. There is a pavilion to protect the stele. The temple stele was written and written by Li Yong in the 18th year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty (730 AD), and was engraved by Huang Xianhe in Jiangxia. It describes the evolution of Lushan Temple and the situation of famous monks who came here to preach and pass on the scriptures. Because of its words, calligraphy, and carving skills, it is called the "Three Jue Stele". The surface of the stele is weathered, partially broken, and some traces can be seen faintly. There is a paragraph of text left on the pavilion wall, I don't know if it is a rubbing, running script, the handwriting is delicate and powerful, very exquisite. Along the stone road up the mountain, there is a row of white walls on the right. When you are about to walk to the end, a small door appears, with a screen inside to block it, and a plaque of Yuelu Academy is hung. This is the back door of the academy. Continue to the north is Quzi Temple. It is an independent courtyard, dedicated to the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan during the Warring States Period. It was established in the first year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty on the north side of the academy, and was rebuilt in 2006. The white-walled and black-tiled courtyard is particularly elegant and chic in a green forest. From the west gate of Yuelu Academy, walk about 100 meters to Aiwan Pavilion.