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Tianjin Confucian-temple with 500 years history is a place for paying respect for Confucian and training high range officials. Covering 12000 sq meters, it was started to build in 1436 and is the biggest group of ancient building in Tianjin. It has been restored as much as more than 20 times. Confucian-temple lies on the Dongmennei Street of Nankai District in Tianjin City. Its building structure is quite a Chinese traditional style, which is named Siheyuan, a compound with houses around a square courtyard. Fu Miao Temple is the main part of the buildings. Its hall is the building specialized for officials and only reserved by now. On the street outside of the Temple, there are two Pailou (big gate), which is the only wood –made ones to be reserved in Tianjin. In 1954, Tianjin Confucian-temple is listed in the first group of municipal class cultural relic. It was rebuilt in large scale in 1985.
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