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The Catholic Henan General Convent is located in the eastern suburbs of Kaifeng, east of Yangweipu Village, built in 1930 with funds from the Holy See's Ministry of Mission. The Catholic Henan General College is a special high school specially established for the training of Catholic Chinese clergy. It was founded in 1930 and closed in 1958. It lasted 28 years. During this period, the Catholic clergy of Henan graduated from the college, which has a great impact in China's Catholic Church.

Free visit. I went last summer. After getting off the bus, I didn't know where the entrance was because there was no sign. I watched the general convent in the wall and finally transferred to the entrance and exit. Some people live on one side of this long-disrepaired building, and I didn't approach them, only taking pictures on the other side. There were no other tourists at the time, some floors on the second floor were cracked, and there were vegetables growing in the backyard. Is this building always going like this? I think it's a shame.

The General Convent is a two-story circular building with an oval plane, north and south long ５１．１ meters, east and west long ９１．４ meters, building area ２７００ square meters, size rooms total １９０ rooms, building for Chinese and Western combination brick and wood and brick mixed structure building, the tiles used are gray tube tiles. The upper and lower two floors of the building have a wide outer corridor around the whole building. The whole building is symmetrical from north to south, with a large shape, magnificent, delicate and exquisite decoration, elegant color, and exquisite workmanship. The whole building has been preserved in good condition so far, and is a rare example of modern architecture in the combination of Chinese and Western. It was built in 1930 and completed in 1932. After consultation, the Catholic bishops of Henan Province at the time of the year considered it necessary to establish a senior convent to train Chinese clergy. The site was finally selected by the Italian Missionary Church in Milan and was built in Kaifeng. The exterior of the General Convent is Chinese classical and the interior is Western-style, so it has an architectural significance that cannot be ignored in the history of architecture. Now has divided many residents into veritable large courtyard!

It was evening, the sun was in a weed, the painter was painting, the old lady upstairs was snoring in the sunset, which was a painting in itself. Conversation with history, imagine the scene of the year, hehe!

The bus is very close to the auto parts factory. Very special. I like it very much. The key cultural relics protection units in the country, although they can't see where the protection is.