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Confucius Temple & Guozijian Museum
No.13 Guozijian Street, Beijing, China Phone: 86 10 8402 7224About
The Confucius Temple is located 400 meters to the southwest of Yonghegong Station. It was first built in 1302 and served as an altar where intellectuals from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties offered their respects to Confucius. Now it has become a museum exhibiting engraved stones, old Chinese doorbells and drums, bronze and jade utensils, paintings and calligraphic works, antique musical instruments and ancient Chinese currencies. Every September, a ritual celebrating Confuciusâs birthday takes place here, in which a music and dance ceremony from the Qing dynasty is performed.
