Christian Chapel

Christian Chapel

The Christian Chapel is a cultural relic protection unit of Yangzhou City.

Christian Chapel

Situated at No. 2 Cuiyuan Road, it was founded in 1923 by American missionary Pierce and was originally called the Xianliang Street Chapel. It belongs to the Baptist denomination of Christianity. The structure is made of brick and wood, with a cross-shaped roof and a fish-scale tile roof. The building covers an area of 1,000 square meters and is designed to integrate a Sunday school with a main worship hall. The central area of the chapel is a pillar-free open hall (i.e., the main auditorium) used for worship services. On either side are over 20 rooms that serve as classrooms for the Sunday Bible School, each featuring movable partitions. When the partitions are opened, the rooms connect to the main hall, allowing the space to accommodate over a thousand people. Originally, there were 1,008 seats for singing hymns during religious events such as Sunday worship, Christmas, and Easter. Above the choir platform is a domed wall with inscribed golden text reading, "The LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him." Behind the pulpit is a two-story flat-roof building that houses the pastor's residence, offices, meeting rooms, and reception areas. The entire chapel is well-preserved and was approved as an open chapel in 1981.

Further Reading:

· List of the Fourth Batch of Cultural Relic Protection Units in Yangzhou City