[2025 Guanghan Attraction] Travel Guide for Confucian Temple (Updated Feb)

Confucian temples, also known as Kong Miao, are temples in ancient China dedicated to the great thinker, educator, and founder of Confucianism, Confucius. Local Confucian temples are ritual buildings that combine temples and schools, hence the name "temple school" or "school temple". Guanghan Confucian Temple is a left temple and right school. Built in the Jiayou period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Guanghan Confucian Temple covers an area of about 10,000 square meters, with a building area of more than 1,800 square meters. It basically restores the layout of the Confucian Temple and reproduces its historical appearance. 📍Detailed address: Fanghu Park, No. 68, Wuchang Road South Section 2, Guanghan City, Deyang City, Sichuan Province 🕙Opening hours: Winter (Nov 1–Apr 30) 6:00–21:00; Summer (May 1–Oct 31) 6:00–22:00 🚉Transportation: Take Bus No. 3 to Fanghu Park Station ⏳Duration: 1–2 hours 💰Ticket price: Free ❤Recommended reason: The entire building complex is well laid out, with a rigorous structure, majestic and beautiful, simple and elegant. The Lingxing Gate is rich in patterns and exquisitely carved, and the inscription on the forehead area is the calligraphy of Zhang Huaisi, a local sage of the Qing Dynasty. The Dacheng Hall, built in the Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty, is well preserved. The treasure top of the Dacheng Hall is two dragons playing with a pearl, and the six hollow-carved cloud dragon stone pillars and 18 partition doors and windows are unique. 🌟Highlights: There are cultural relics from the Han, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties, including 19 stone tablets (stone carvings) and 2 iron artifacts, which have high historical, artistic, and scientific value. It provides physical materials for the study of Guanghan's history. 📝Tips: Located next to the north gate of Fanghu Park, you can visit it together. If you go to Guanghan to see the Sanxingdui, you can choose to stay in Guanghan City, which is cheaper than Chengdu. There are also many delicacies, and it is also very nice to visit Fanghu Park.

Winter sunshine is a natural filter Many photography enthusiasts come here with their "long guns and cannons" to take photos The bad thing is that parking is not friendly In the city center, the roads are too crowded and congested It is suitable to slow down and slowly experience this wonderful time~ Take the children, the elderly, take a walk, stroll around

Guanghan Confucian Temple was first built during the Jiayou period of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was later damaged by fire and gradually fell into disrepair and abandonment over time. It was rebuilt during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, expanded during the Xuande and Tianshun periods, and underwent successive renovations during the Chenghua, Jiajing, Tianqi, Chongzhen, and other periods. It was rebuilt in the first year of the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, renovated in the eleventh year of the Qianlong period (1746), repaired in the third year of the Jiaqing period (1798), and rebuilt again in the seventeenth year of the Jiaqing period (1812), resulting in a more grand and spacious structure. The entire architectural complex is well-organized, structurally rigorous, majestic, and exquisitely crafted, possessing high historical and technical value. In April 1991, it was announced as a provincial cultural relics protection unit by the Sichuan Provincial People's Government.

📍Attraction address: Room 68, South Section 2, Wuchang Road, Fanghu Park, Guanghan City, Deyang City, Sichuan Province 🚗Attraction traffic: We drove there by ourselves. The Sanxingdui Museum tickets are reserved for the morning and afternoon. We booked the afternoon session and arrived in Guanghan early to play. 👍️Must-visit attractions: Guanghan Confucian Temple is a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. It was originally built during the Jiayou period of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was later destroyed by war and gradually fell into disrepair and abandonment due to lack of maintenance over the years. It was rebuilt during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and was expanded and repaired during the Xuande and Tianshun periods. It was repeatedly maintained during the Chenghua, Jiajing, Tianqi, and Chongzhen periods. It was rebuilt in the first year of Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, renovated in the eleventh year of Qianlong (1746), repaired in the third year of Jiaqing (1798), and the scale was doubled after the reconstruction in the seventeenth year of Jiaqing (1812). The entire architectural complex is well-arranged, structurally rigorous, majestic and beautiful, and exquisitely crafted. The five-bay stone lintel 'Lingxing Gate' in front of the Ji Gate is very spectacular, with rich patterns and fine carvings, and is considered a treasure of stone carving art in western Sichuan. The eighteen finely carved partition doors and windows and the six large hollow-carved cloud dragon stone pillars in the Dacheng Hall of Guanghan Confucian Temple are rare. The existing Lingxing Gate, Ji Gate, Dacheng Hall, Minghuan Shrine, and the east and west side halls all have high historical and artistic value. In April 1991, the Guanghan Confucian Temple was announced by the Sichuan Provincial People's Government as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. 🎟️Ticket information: Free admission, no reservation required 💗One-day tour arrangement: 1️⃣First stop Guanghan Longju Temple, free admission, free parking, with additional notes introduced. 2️⃣Second stop Guanghan Luocheng Ruins, Fanghu, Confucian Temple, free admission 3️⃣Fourth stop for lunch, Guanghan snacks, pig's trotter rice 4️⃣Fourth stop Sanxingdui, purchase tickets in advance

Chengdu's surrounding niche one-day tour Chengdu high-speed rail 20 minutes guide Always like to travel is a relaxing trip, escape from the city's high-rise buildings and crowded people Weekend strolling with children or friends, walking, eating and taking pictures, feeling the sunshine, this is the relaxation that life should have Deyang, a place where you can go out at sunrise and return at sunset. Recommended route: Deyang Stone Carving Park→Donghu Mountain Park→Confucian Temple→Snack Street 1【Deyang Stone Carving Park】has a "Angkor Wat" feeling, exquisite stone carving spectacle, very shocking, super long art corridor, winter warm sun breeze blowing, ginkgo leaves golden yellow is very healing... The square can feed pigeons 2【Confucian Temple】About 1.3 kilometers away from the Stone Carving Park, it is a well-preserved and distinctive Confucian temple in the western part of China, known as "Deyang Confucian Temple is the best in western Sichuan". There are often Hanfu festivals + lantern festivals, wearing Hanfu is very photogenic～ 3【Confucian Temple Food Snack Street】There are many foods, in addition to the common grilled and fried foods, there are also some traditional foods, and some cultural and creative shops 4【Donghu Mountain Park】 The scenery is very beautiful, there is a piece of water fir forest connecting the lakeside, and there are gulls～I also went to the Jade Emperor Temple above, unfortunately it was being renovated at the time, it is a very comfortable park