Temple of Confucius
A temple of Confucius or Confucian temple is a temple for the veneration of Confucius and the sages and philosophers of Confucianism in Chinese folk religion and other East Asian religions.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Temple
- Description: a temple for the veneration of Confucius and the sages and philosophers of Confucianism in Chinese folk religion and other East Asian religions
- Also known as: “Confucian shrine”, “Confucian temple”, “Daesongjeon”, “Munmyo”, “temple of Confucius”, “temple of literature”, and “Temple of Literature”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple of Literature and Thien Quang Lake.
Temple of Literature
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Văn Miếu, literally translated as Temple of Literature, is a temple dedicated to Confucius in Hanoi, northern Vietnam. The temple was founded and first built in 1070 at the time of Emperor Lý Thánh Tông, and it hosted the Imperial Academy, Vietnam's first national university, from 1076 to 1779.
Hàng Ðẫy Stadium
Stadium
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Hàng Đẫy Stadium, also known as Hanoi Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 22,500 spectators; however, due to the dilapidating condition, the upper level of stand B is currently unusable, reducing this number to approximately 15,000. Hàng Ðẫy Stadium is situated 310 metres northwest of Temple of Confucius.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thái Hà Ấp.
Temple of Confucius
- Category: religion
- Location: Đống Đa District, Hanoi, Northern Vietnam, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Temple of Confucius” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կոնֆուցիոսի տաճար”
- Catalan: “temple de Confuci”
- Chinese: “夫子庙”
- Chinese: “孔子廟”
- Chinese: “孔庙”
- Chinese: “孔廟”
- Chinese: “文宣王庙”
- Chinese: “文庙”
- Chinese: “文廟”
- Croatian: “Konfucijev hram”
- Czech: “konfuciánské chrámy”
- Czech: “konfuciánský chrám”
- Dutch: “confucianistische tempels”
- Dutch: “confuciustempel”
- Dutch: “Confuciustempel”
- Dutch: “confuciustempels”
- Dutch: “Kongzimiao”
- Dutch: “literatuurtempel”
- Dutch: “tempels gewijd aan het confucianisme”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد كونفوشيوس”
- Esperanto: “templo de Konfuceo”
- Esperanto: “Templo de Konfuceo”
- French: “temple confucéen”
- French: “Temple confucéen”
- French: “temple de Confucius”
- French: “Temple de la Littérature”
- German: “Konfuziustempel”
- Greek: “Ναός του Κομφούκιου”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Konfusius”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Kongtzu”
- Italian: “Tempio confuciano”
- Japanese: “孔子廟”
- Korean: “공자묘”
- Korean: “대성전”
- Korean: “문묘”
- Korean: “문선왕묘”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bûn-biō”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Khóng-biō”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Khóng-tsú-biō”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “konfuciustempel”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Konfuciustempelet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Konfuciustempler”
- Norwegian: “Konfuciustempel”
- Persian: “معبد کنفسیوس”
- Portuguese: “templo de Confúcio”
- Portuguese: “Templo de Confúcio”
- Russian: “конфуцианский храм”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hram Konfucija”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hram Konfučija”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Konfucijev hram”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Konfučijev hram”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kong miao”
- Swedish: “Konfuciustempel”
- Taroko: “Sapah thmkuan teykung Kungc”
- Turkish: “Konfüçyüs tapınağı”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Конфуція”
- Urdu: “کنفیوشس کا مندر”
- Vietnamese: “Khổng miếu”
- Vietnamese: “Khổng Tử miếu”
- Vietnamese: “Văn Miếu-Quốc Tử Giám”
- Vietnamese: “Văn miếu”
- Vietnamese: “Văn Thánh miếu”
- Waray (Philippines): “Templo ni Confucius”
- Western Panjabi: “کنفیوشس دا مندر”
- Wu Chinese: “孔庙”
- Yue Chinese: “孔廟”
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