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The centuries-old legacy of Nanzong Confucius Temple in Zhejiang

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The gate of the Nanzong Confucius Temple, Quzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. /CFP
The gate of the Nanzong Confucius Temple, Quzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. /CFP

The gate of the Nanzong Confucius Temple, Quzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. /CFP

The sculpture of Confucius, Quzhou, August 7, 2025. /CGTN
The sculpture of Confucius, Quzhou, August 7, 2025. /CGTN

The sculpture of Confucius, Quzhou, August 7, 2025. /CGTN

The Nanzong Confucius Temple, Quzhou, August 7, 2025. /CGTN
The Nanzong Confucius Temple, Quzhou, August 7, 2025. /CGTN

The Nanzong Confucius Temple, Quzhou, August 7, 2025. /CGTN

Back garden of the Nanzong Confucius Temple, Quzhou. /CFP
Back garden of the Nanzong Confucius Temple, Quzhou. /CFP

Back garden of the Nanzong Confucius Temple, Quzhou. /CFP

Step into the Nanzong Confucius Temple, located in Quzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. It stands as one of only two ancestral Confucius family temples in China – the other being in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province.

Its origins trace back to the Southern Song era (1127–1279). In the late 1120s, the 48th-generation descendant, Kong Duanyou, brought sacred ancestral portraits south with Emperor Song Gaozong and was granted residence in Quzhou. By 1136, the local prefectural school had become the family temple.

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