The Confucius Temple in Taipei City is modeled after the main temple in Qufu. The beams, columns, doors and windows are not engraved with characters, appearing simple and solemn. Its layout is in sequence: Wanren Official Wall, Pan Pool, Quxing Gate, Yi Gate, Dacheng Hall and Chongsheng Shrine. The Confucius Temple in Taipei has Jiao Zhi pottery and cut-and-paste decorations. You can carefully appreciate the beauty of this architecture in the Dacheng Hall.
The Dacheng Hall, a scenic spot, is the main hall of the Confucius Temple, where the memorial tablet of Confucius, the Supreme Sage and First Teacher, is enshrined. In the center shrine, the memorial tablet of Confucius, the Supreme Sage and First Teacher, is enshrined. Above it hangs a black-background and gold-lettered plaque with the words ‘Education without Discrimination’. On the left and right walls, the memorial tablets of the Four Associates (Yan Hui, the Second Sage; Zeng Zi, the Sage of Ancestral Worship; Zi Si, the Sage of Elaboration; and Mencius, the Second Sage after Confucius) and the Twelve Sages are enshrined, exuding a solemn and solemn atmosphere.Annual event: On September 28 every year, which is the commemorative day of Confucius’ birthday, a grand ceremony to worship Confucius is held in the early morning. On the platform outside the Dacheng Hall, students perform the Bayi Dance to express their respect for Confucius. After the ceremony, many people rush to pull out wisdom hairs (ox hairs) for their children or themselves, symbolizing the wish for their descendants to increase wisdom and have a smooth learning process.
Opening hours: Open all year round, Tuesday to Sunday, 8:30 – 21:00.
