Taiyuan Qingyuan Confucian Temple | The sun and the moon hang in the vast ocean of literature.

|The sun and the moon hang in the vast ocean of articles. Taiyuan Qingyuan Confucian Temple | The sun and the moon hang in the vast sea of ​​articles [OrangeHeart] Qingyuan Confucian Temple is located in the northwest corner of Zhaojia Street, Chengguan, Qingxu County, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. It was built in the third year of Jin Taihe (1203) and covers an area of ​​7,000 square meters. Qingyuan Confucian Temple is a relatively large and complete temple preserved in Qingxu County. It was repaired during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, with it being rebuilt once and continued to be repaired eight times. The Jin Dynasty Dacheng Hall in the temple is a rare relic in the country. [OrangeHeart] The Dacheng Hall has a glazed nine-ridged hip roof with a trimmed edge and is surrounded by a square platform about 1 meter high. There is a wide platform in front of the hall, on which are placed an intricately carved stone table, stone benches and a cast incense burner. The entire building is simple, generous, spacious and magnificent. The Dacheng Hall is the place for worshipping Confucius and is the main building of the Confucian Temple. The hall has a single-eaved hip roof, five-layer bracket sets, and a double-copy structure. The beams inside the hall are exposed from top to bottom, and the cross-sectional ratio is 3:2, which is a characteristic of Song and Jin architecture. [OrangeHeart] The beam frame is a four-rafter plant with four columns in front, and a hump is set between the beams to serve as a supporting beam. There are four layers of single-second construction under the eaves, and one layer of construction in the middle. The material used is larger, the eaves are deeper, and the eaves are raised, which is quite beautiful. [OrangeHeart] The hall is three bays wide and three bays deep, in a square shape. The statue of Confucius stands in the center, with a rosewood carved screen behind him, which looks solemn and elegant. Above the pedestal hangs a plaque with the words "Model for All Ages" in gold on a blue background. On the pillars on both sides of the pedestal hang a pair of wooden couplets with gold-plated characters on a black lacquer background, which read "The vast ocean of literature hangs like the sun and the moon, and the pure breeze of morality records the Spring and Autumn Annals."