[2025 Dingzhou Attraction] Travel Guide for Dingzhou Confucian Temple (Updated Apr)

#discoverchina 🗺️ One-Day Itinerary Zhongchunyuan Garden Song Dynasty Street Dingzhou Museum Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda Chongwen Street Dingzhou Yamen (Old Government Office) Confucian Temple (Wenmiao) Zhongshan Han Tomb Back to Kaiyuan Pagoda by night 📸 Top Photo Spots & Must-Sees 🧱 1. Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda — MUST VISIT Known as the “King of Northern Song Wooden Pagodas” Standing 84 meters tall — serious ancient drama energy 😍 Tip: Climbing the tower requires a reservation. You can still snap great photos outside. 🏺 2. Dingzhou Museum — Free Entry! Don’t miss the Big Three: Jade screen carved with celestial scenes Dragon jade disc Lotus-carved dragon-head porcelain vase from Ding Kiln Bonus: Han Dynasty gold-thread jade burial suit, and Su Shi’s “Snow Wave Stone” 🏛 3. Dingzhou Confucian Temple — 10 RMB entry Built in the Tang Dynasty, full of historic charm 📸 Photo tip: Red walls at the entrance = perfect backdrop Check out the ancient “Su Shi Twin Scholartrees” 🌳 🏞 4. Zhongchunyuan Garden — Free! Newly opened classical-style garden based on Song Dynasty design Pavilions, water features, bridges… even replicas of the Eight Views of Dingzhou Wear modern hanfu or a long dress and you’ll be the scenery 💃 #travel #thingstodo

Let’s talk about Dingzhou first, an inconspicuous little place, but it is called the “Millennium Ancient County”: 4,300 years ago, Emperor Yao established his capital in Tangcheng, Dingzhou. Zhongshan in the Warring States Period, Zhongshan in the Han Dynasty, and Later Yan successively established their capitals here. The Hebei Tourism Bureau also gave Dingzhou a cute slogan 👏 "Travel to Dingzhou, Dingzhou will bring you good luck" During the National Day holiday, train tickets are hard to come by, and famous scenic spots are crowded with people. If you can't buy a ticket like me, but don't want to stay at home, you might want to consider it (🚗 It's about 2.5 hours drive from Beijing). What's fun here🤔️After doing some research, I found out that this is a forgotten ancient capital of history and culture. Here's a rough summary: ♦️Dingzhou Gongyuan The best-preserved ancient imperial examination venue in the north🗞 ♦️Dingzhou Confucian Temple Also known as the "Confucius Temple", it is naturally a must-go place for studying. Dating back to the Tang Dynasty. ♦️Han Zhongshan King's Tomb The only Han tomb that is well preserved and can be visited. You can enter the tomb passage to experience the thousand-year-old tomb🪦 ♦️Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda The tallest ancient brick pagoda in China. ♦️Dingzhou Yafu "Righteousness of Heaven and Earth", "A Bright Mirror Hanging High", "Clear as Mirror Water" Feel the uprightness of the world of honesty, self-discipline and impartiality in handling cases👨‍⚖️ ♦️Former Residence of Yan Yangchu "Father of Popular Education"; He is called "Tao in the South and Yan in the North" together with Tao Xingzhi; He is as famous as Einstein and was selected as "Top Ten Great Men with the Most Revolutionary Contributions in the Modern World" ♦️Dingzhou Museum Three sets of town hall: Eastern Han Dynasty Green Jade Dragon and Chi Holding Ring Valley Pattern Bi Eastern Han Dynasty Openwork Fairy Story Jade Screen Northern Song Dynasty Ding Kiln White Glaze Carved Dragon Head Pure Bottle Ancient city, night market, street scene and local food are intertwined in one square inch of land. You don't need to drive or rush to check in. You can just walk and stroll. The distance between basic attractions is no more than 20 minutes on foot, which is very comfortable and casual. In your spare time, you can also visit the Dingzhou White Porcelain Shop and marvel at the beauty of the combination of light and art created by the light shining through the white porcelain. Here comes the point, now all attractions in Dingzhou are free of admission, free of parking fees, and a complete cultural immersion tour. (To be continued)

| The teacher is the most sacred and unique. 👍Most recommended: Hebei Dingzhou Confucius Temple is located next to the west gate of Chongwen Street. The Confucius Temple is mainly a place to commemorate Confucius. There is a stone tablet less than ten meters away from the Confucius Temple that reads "Civil and military officials and civilians dismount here", which shows respect for Confucius. There are two old locust trees in the courtyard of the Confucius Temple, which were planted by Su Dongpo himself. Su Dongpo only spent 7 months in Dingzhou, which is the northernmost place he has ever been to (it was already the border of Song and Liao dynasties at that time, and the famous Dingzhou Tower was used as a lookout tower). When Su Dongpo was the governor of Dingzhou, he planted two locust trees in the Confucius Temple. The east one is like a dancing phoenix, and the west one is like a divine dragon. Today, these two locust trees are still alive and are called "Dongpo Shuanghuai". Cross the millennium time and space, and admire and pay tribute to this excellent literati. Ticket: CNY 10, available for purchase at the ticket office at the entrance. Business hours: 8:30-17:00.

In ancient times, inscribing on the beams during house construction was a long-standing custom. It typically included information such as the construction year of the building, the names of the craftsmen, the owner of the house or the financier, and some even added poems and auspicious phrases. This allowed future generations to know a lot of specific information about the house, and sometimes it could even serve as proof of property ownership. 📷📷📷📷 When looking up at the Wen Temple in Dingzhou, one can find inscriptions on the beam. At a glance, it reads something about XX supervising the work, the tribute scholar XXX, and the associate XXX, with handwriting that is still quite clear, which is quite surprising. The entire temple has a long history, dating back to the late Tang Dynasty, and it is the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Of course, today it is mainly the remains of ancient buildings from the Qing Dynasty. 🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️ The courtyard also has two locust trees that were personally planted by Su Dongpo when he was the governor of Dingzhou, which are now over 900 years old. The stone carvings scattered in the courtyard also exude a sense of the ages. It's another day with new discoveries.

Dingzhou Confucian Temple, also known as the "Confucius Temple", is a place for worshipping Confucius. It was first built in the 12th year of the Tang Dynasty (858 AD). The worship activities have lasted for more than a thousand years. It was once called "Fuxue", "Zhouxue" or "Xuegong" in history. It has the reputation of "Zhongshan Temple Learning is used throughout the world". Dingzhou Confucian Temple covers an area of ​​15,685 square meters, and currently has three adjacent north courtyards and a south courtyard in the east, west and center. The South Courtyard is a quadrangle-style chastity and filial piety temple. The three northern courtyards are each of the central axis type. The main buildings of the east courtyard are Kuixing Pavilion and Chongsheng Temple; the main buildings of the west courtyard are the main gate, Yimen, and Minglun Hall; the main buildings of the central courtyard are Panchi, Lingxing Gate, Jimen, and Dacheng Hall. The layout of the Confucian Temple is neat, and it has basically maintained the architectural pattern before the Ming Dynasty. It is the most complete Confucian Temple in Hebei Province and was listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit in 2013. The majestic ancient buildings, the lush and flourishing Dongpo Twin Sophora japonica trees (built in 929), the vigorous and upright ancient cypresses, the flourishing Sophora japonica trees and the Falling Star Stone that fell from the sky make Dingzhou Confucian Temple an elegant environment.

Such a comfortable place! Wenjiang, you're not promoting it?! Foolish... It's so big inside, it's a great place to stroll around! I even got lost😂!! This environment, it's not appropriate if you don't get a skewer! Meat skewers are 4r, vegetable skewers are 1r, the prices are touching!! I've found the gathering place for Wenjiang people😎 Next to it is the Confucius Temple, it can be arranged on the weekend~