Zhengzhou Confucian Temple in the snow

photo/ Wang Yi

 

Snow falls quiet on Zhengzhou Confucian Temple, silver wrapped red wall, it’s not the Forbidden City, but Zhengzhou city.

雪落静谧的文庙，银装裹红墙，这里不是故宫，是郑州。

 

photo/ Wang Yi

 

Zhengzhou Confucian Temple is located in the north of the East, near Zhengzhou Chenghuang Temple. If Chenghuang Temple is full of the atmosphere of human fireworks, that Confucian temple belongs to zhengzhou bookish spirit.

郑州文庙位于东大街东段路北，靠近郑州城隍庙。如果说城隍庙充满着人间烟火的气息，那文庙就是属于郑州的书卷气。

 

photo/ Wang Yi

 

photo/ Wang Yi

 

The Confucian Temple in Zhengzhou has a history of nearly two thousand years, dating back to the Yongping Reign (58-75) of Emperor Mingdi in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

郑州文庙始建于东汉明帝永平年间(58～75)，距今已有近两千年的历史。

photo/ Wang Yi

 

photo/ Wang Yi

 

It is the oldest, broadest and largest ancient architectural complex in Zhengzhou. After several times of prosperity and destruction, we see the main building of Confucian Temple, mainly concentrated in the Ming and Qing dynasties, namely the main building Dacheng Hall.

它是郑州有史记载的历史最久、占地最广、规模最大的古建筑群。几经兴毁，我们看到的文庙主体建筑，主要集中在明清时期，即主体建筑大成殿。

 

photo/ Wang Yi

photo/ Wang Yi

 

来源：郑州市文物局、郑州发布

摄影师：王羿