The Zhangpu Confucius Temple was originally built during the Song Dynasty and was reconstructed in the second year of the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty (1369). Today, only the Dacheng Hall remains. The Dacheng Hall was first built during the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1398), covering an area of 4,900 square meters, and faces south. The main hall is three bays wide and five bays deep, featuring a double-eaved hip-and-gable roof and a dougong post-and-lintel structure. Inside the Dacheng Hall are five stone steles from the Ming and Qing dynasties. The hall is five bays wide and five bays deep, using a mixed post-and-lintel and bracket-arm wooden frame, with a double-eaved hip-and-gable roof. The front eaves have a surrounding corridor, and the dougong brackets are arranged in several tiers...
The existing wooden structure of the Confucius Temple’s Dacheng Hall still preserves a large amount of Ming Dynasty construction craftsmanship and original Ming components. The single building of the Dacheng Hall is largely intact. The Dacheng Hall is of high architectural specification and great historical significance. In 2006, as an ancient Ming Dynasty structure, the Dacheng Hall of Zhangpu Confucius Temple was listed by the State Council as part of the sixth group of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites.
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