Ancient Well Cluster · Grand Ceremony Honoring Confucius
The Grand Ceremony Honoring Confucius at Jianshui Confucian Temple has been handed down for centuries, held every September 28 on Confucius's birthday; it is a national-level intangible cultural heritage project
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The Grand Ceremony Honoring Confucius at Jianshui Confucian Temple has been handed down for centuries and is held every September 28 on Confucius's birthday; it is a national-level intangible cultural heritage project. More than 120 ancient wells survive in the old town — Dongjing (East Well), Xiaojie Well, and the Daban Well form a 'one city, three wells' layout, their rims grooved deep by rope wear, everyday footnotes to the life history of Jianshui's people. Hunting for wells on foot is a deep-dive way to explore the old town.
Getting there: Throughout the old town
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More in Jianshui
- Jianshui Ancient Town
Jianshui County was established in the Nanzhao period; in the Ming Hongwu era Lin'an Prefecture was set up and the present town built. Its 600-plus-year-old layout survives intact — known as the 'Zou-Lu of southern Yunnan', a famed land of culture and literature
- Chaoyang Tower
The east gate tower of Jianshui Ancient Town, built in the 22nd year of the Ming Hongwu era (1389) — 28 years before Beijing's Tiananmen. Its triple-eaved hip-and-gable tower and gate platform resemble Tiananmen, earning it the nickname 'Little Tiananmen'
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- Jianshui Confucian Temple
First built in the 22nd year of the Zhiyuan reign of the Yuan dynasty (1285), it is one of the largest regional Confucian temples extant in China, second in scale only to the Temple of Confucius in Qufu
- Shuanglong Bridge
Commonly known as the Seventeen-Arch Bridge, built during the Qianlong and Daoguang reigns of the Qing dynasty: a 17-arch stone bridge 148 m long, named for the Lujiang and Tachong rivers converging here like a pair of dragons, and hailed as the 'No. 1 Bridge of Yunnan'
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