北京国子监 — Attraction in Beijing

The Imperial Academy, also named Guozijian, was the imperial college during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties (although most of its buildings were built during the Ming Dynasty). And it is the last Guozijian of China and an important national cultural heritage. In 1898, the Guozijian was disbanded during the Hundred Day Reform of the Qing Dynasty, and it was replaced by the Imperial Capital University, later known as the Beijing University. The "Guozijian", often translated into English as the Imperial Academy or Imperial College was the national central institute of learning in ancient Chinese dynasties. It was the highest institute of learning in China's traditional educational system. Emperors in imperial China would also frequently visit the Guozijian to read Confucian classics to thousands of students. The Guozijian was first built in 1306 and was reconstructed and renovated on a large scale during Emperor Yongle (1402-1424) and Zhengtong (1436-1449) reigns of the Ming Dynasty. The administrative officials of Guozijian were called Jijiu (the chief), Siye (Dean of Studies) and Jiancheng etc. The students who studied at the Guozijian were called Jiansheng, and they mainly studied Confucian classics. The Guozijian is situated at the central area of the Guozijian Street and adjoining several other well known imperial structures of Beijing, and the complex of Guozijian accords with the Chinese tradition which dictate that the temple should be on the "left" and the school or college on the "right". To the east of the Guozijian, lies the Confucius Temple, the second largest Confucius temple in China and the Yonghegong Temple, the largest Lama...

I visited the Confucius Temple right after the Lama Temple, and I loved it! If you read a little bit about Confuscious and his role and impact in Chinese culture before you go, you'll find this place to be a really cool window into...

Prachtige tempel waar budha wordt o.a. budha wordt geëerd. Dalama tempels. Entreeprijs is omgerekend €2,- inclusief een bundeltje wierook om te bidden. Het is verboden om op de drempels te stappen omdat dat niet respectvol is naar Budha. Je gaat van bid kamer naar bid kamer en de bid kamer inclusief het budha beeld worden steeds groter en hoger. In de achterste kamer staat een budha beeld van 26 meter hoog, gesneden uit één stuk hout. In de zijkamertjes kan je voor andere zaken bidden, zoals geluk, rijkdom, vruchtbaarheid, vriendschap etc. zeker een aanrader om te bezoeken. Ook viel mij op de de monniken rood gekleed zijn i.p.v. oranje zoals de andere monikken uit Azië. Helaas is er hier alleen geen Engelse uitleg of vertaling over...