Confucian Temple (Fuzi Miào) Nanjing

Man who wait for roast duck to fly into mouth will wait very very long time. ~ Chinese proverb

Hi, again. As promised, here's Part 2.

Remember that yellow haze we mentioned last week? Here's more info (copy and paste):

http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-wuhan-city -covered-mysterious-haze-145340073.html

This is the …

1 August

Nanjing was unbelievably hot (35degC+ during mid-day, and it's rather humid). No wonder it was recognised as one of the 4 great stoves in China. We arrived around mid-day from Beijing and took the Nanjing Metro to the station (Xi'anmen) nearest to our hostel. The day was soooo hot that when we arrived at the hostel, we ended up …

In der Eile des Gefechts hab ich gesehen, dass ich noch gar nichts ueber Nanjing geschrieben habe. Der Wochenendausflug wurde mit einem kleinen Unfall eingeleitet. Ich war mit Ruediger in einer Disko und hab auf so einem kleinen Podest getanzt. Dann kam ein dicker Chinese und hat mir gedeutet ich soll zum ihm runter und mit ihm tanzen. Ich hab ihm …

We woke up excited today for our 2 day excursion to the old capital of China, Nanjing (translated as 'South Capital'). The alarm went off at 0630 and we were up and out within the hour. After a quick 15 minutes train ride, we arrived at the Hongqiao Railway station. Since we were early, we walked around the station and grabbed some breakfast to go …

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On this trip there were only three musketeers, Nick, Sophie R., and me. We Got the speed train early Wednesday morning and then started our time exploring this new city. A Short history of Nanjing. Nanjing was the former capital of China, twice. The name Nanjing translates in to "Southern Capital" it is the capital of Jiangsu province. The capital …

These are pictures of the Confucian Temple (Confucius). It was an interesting place to visit. There were many stone tablets located on the inner corridors. It was built in the 1200.s and rebuilt in 1864.
The star chart pictured dates from 1247 and is one of the oldest surviving maps of its kind …

I never thought I'd be scared to leave Shanghai. Scared to move to Shanghai--most definitely, but scared to leave it? No siree. However, I found myself confessing my fears to my good ole Daddio while packing to leave for a little three day trip to Nanjing, China. As it turns out, and as you'll soon read, most of my fears were purely unmerited. …

Confucius Temple is easy to get to from the subway. I found it to be the best historical site in Beijing as there was much information in English and Confucius had a profound influence in history, science, math, education, etc. He was born around 550 BC and came up with philosophy such as "what you don't want done to yourself, don't do to others" …

It's Monday again. Kids are at school....
Caught the Metro (train) for the first time all by myself....

WARNING... The only time that Chinese move quickly is when they are trying to get a seat on the Metro. It doesn't' matter if you are man, woman, child, old or very old. Boy can they run.

Jumped on Xuezelu Station. There was …

The evening after we discovered the wall, we decided to head to the Confucian Temple area of Nanjing. The Confucian temple is where Confucius started his school and there is a big statue of him and his 10 disciples. The temple itself was really nice to ...

... what was going on and very nearly got a wet shirt for my troubles. A short walk from my hostel was the large Fuzi Confucian temple. A place of worship for over 1500 years it has, as is customary in China been burnt down and rebuilt a fair few times ...

... , I don't quite remember... and I headed to the downtown area, which is called the "Fuzimiao" district, after the gigantic Confucian temple prominently greets all visitors. The weather was great, and the area was packed with tourists, both local and ...

... obviously capitalizing on the scenery around us as seen in the picture with Martin and I. We eventually wandered down to the Confucian Temple. I don't remember the exact cost of admittance but after a somewhat small fee (and an even smaller one for all ...

... go in but from a distance, it looked pretty nice with tall buildings. After that, we took the train to the famous Confucian Temple. Once we exited the station, we entered an indoor shopping area, adjacent to the station. Sweet smells infiltrated our ...

... Purple Mountain area and visited the Sun Yat-Sen museum and memorial and Ming Tombs in the morning/afternoon followed by the Confucian temple area and market and Imperial Exam Museum in the evening, and the second day went to the Nanjing Massacre ...

... tall buildings around the park are also covered with coloured lights. I took the subway back to the hotel and walked towards the Confucian Temple which is supposed to have restaurants. It was nice with all the lights and the canals, but holy crap was it ...

... Ahh, If only they has bakery's like this in Hangzhou. After our amazing lunch we got in a cab and headed of to the Confucian Temple. We arrived on a street and then started walking saw a ticket counter and bought the tickets to go in side. Then after we ...

... dinner.   So I think I've mastered the art of eating dumplings. I also accidentally stumbled across the Fuzi temple, the only Confucian temple/School in the province. The temple dates back like 1500 years but it's been demolished and rebuilt so many ...

Confucian Temple is crazy on a normal day.... But during the holiday's of the New Year..... it is crazier... It is really pretty. Red lanters everywhere and people EVERYWHERE... We went with an American Family so there where 8 of us. At one stage ...