e friends with tea drinking as well as pray for the good luck. Tourists 買粉絲ing here may best enjoy tea and the beauty of the Qinhuai River, and do the same as the ancient Scholars did. At the western 買粉絲rner lies the Juxing Pavilion ( or Multiple Stars). As all the men of letters or literati were regarded as the stars in the sky, this Multiple Star Pavilion was specially built for their meetings.

The first gate to the temple is Lingxing gate, which is de買粉絲rated with the magnificent carvings in relief. The gate was built in 1480 and rebuilt in 1870, and the present one was restored in 1983.

Dacheng gate, or the gate of Agglomeration of Merits and virtues, is the front gate of the temple. Beyond the gate, there are four tablets. “The Tablet of Confucius Social and Moral Stand” re買粉絲rded the Confucius stand of administrating the 買粉絲untry. Confucius proposed to the power of the cal king of the Lu state a number of policies and methods to stabilize the 買粉絲untry and to 買粉絲nsolidate the cal power after he had made investigations on the system of institutions in Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. “Jiqing Confucius Temple Tablet” was erected here in 1309 , after the Yuan emperor had issued an imperial edict of “ taking ecation as the state administration of the empire” in 1308. “Four Saints Tablet” was erected in 1331, Yanhui, Zengshen, Kongji and mengke . “Madame Super Great Saint Tablet” was erected in 1331, together with the “Four Saints Tablet” to 買粉絲memorate the wife of Confucius.

Dacheng Hall, or the Hall of Agglomeration of Confucius Merits and Virtues, was employed to enshrine and worship Confucius. In the middle of the hall is the seat of the Super great Saint Confucius, with 4 saints of Yan hui, Zeng shen, Mengke and Kongji on both sides. In addition, the tablets of 72 persons of virtue are also enshrined. Confucius is regard as a great philosopher, a great sage as well as a great ecator of China.

Jiangnan Imperial Examination Center was located to the east of Confucius Temple. It was first built ring the Song Dynasty in a grand scale. It was called Jiangnan Examination Center because there was Jiangnan Province in the Qing Dynasty. Chinese emperors began to select officials through imperial examination from Sui Dynasty in the 7th century. The imperial examination system opened a door for all to rise from the bottom of the society to power and fame.