Jingde Confucian Temple | The only two-story pavilion-style Dacheng Hall in China.

| The only two-story pavilion-style Dacheng Hall in China. The Kuixing Pavilion and Dacheng Hall are combined into a pavilion, changing the traditional thinking of pursuing width from three to five bays into the pursuit of space upwards, which is indeed eye-catching. ✓ [Jingde Confucian Temple · Temple of the King of Culture and Propaganda] Address: No. 5 Yingkan Road, Jingde County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province Opening hours: 6:00–16:00 Tickets: Free Built: Northern Song Dynasty, Chongning Year 1 (1102) Area: 6,670 m² Level: 7th batch of national key cultural relics protection units in 2013 ✓ [Existing main buildings] Rebuilt in the 2nd year of Shunzhi (1645) Rebuilt Zunjing Pavilion and Minglun Hall in the 8th year of Qianlong (1743) Rebuilt Dacheng Hall in the 10th year of Jiaqing (1805) ① Behind the Pan Pond are [Mingxian Temple / Ji Gate / Xiangxian Temple] ② There are Li Gate and Yi Road on the east and west sides of the Pan Pond ③ Dacheng Hall is a wooden structure with a double-eave hip roof ④ The hall is 17 meters long, 17 meters wide, and 18.66 meters high ⑤ There are east and west verandas, east and west rooms on both sides of the hall ⑥ The foundation is 3.33 meters high, with rolling dragon and bright back ridges, divided into two layers, each with 4 vertical ridges, with a flame pearl in the middle of the main ridge, and dragon heads and fish tails at both ends ✓ [Ming and Qing Academy · Wenchang Tower] Built: 8th year of Qianlong (1743) Height: 30 meters (five floors and eight sides) Style: Pavilion-style brick tower Tower base: 2.7 meters long, first floor 5.2 meters high