The Confucian Temple faces south, 6 degrees south to east, overlooking the Cha River, backed by Yinshan Mountain, built on the mountain, and arranged layer by layer, looking solemn and solemn. The whole temple covers an area of ??3,600 square meters, with a construction area of ??1,300 square meters. Entry and exit are through the ear gates on both sides. The east gate is called the Li Gate and the west gate is called the Yi Road. A forbidden monument is erected outside the gate, with the words "Civil and military officials dismount here" engraved on it to show the solemnity of the Confucius Temple. The front is a screen wall without a gate. It is said that when someone wins the number one prize, a gate is opened in the middle of the screen wall, which is called the Number One Scholar Gate. If you want to walk through the gate into the Lingxing Gate, the number one winner must be the one.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the No. 1 Scholar Gate was opened to facilitate the public's visit. According to legend, the Lingxing Gate was moved to the Confucius Temple after Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty ordered him to worship the Lingxing. The original intention was that those who respect heaven should respect Confucius. The gate is entirely made of bluestone, with three characters "Lingxing Gate" engraved on it, as well as reliefs such as two dragons playing with pearls and two phoenixes rising toward the sun. There are six little stone lions peeping at each other on the top of the six large stone pillars of Lingxing Gate. After Lingxing Gate is Panchi, also called Moonchi. It is built of stone and surrounded by bluestones as railings. There is a stone arch bridge across the pool, which is called the Zhuangyuan Bridge, meaning that only the top scholar can pass. There is an inscription on the bridge deck. The bluestone with cloud pattern relief means "blue clouds rising straight up". Stepping up from the Lingxing Gate to the two-story platform is the Dacheng Gate. The Dacheng Gate is composed of eleven doors, with a wooden structure. The door leaves have lifelike carvings of flowers, birds, insects, and fish on the upper floors. To the east of Dachengmen is the Minghuan Ci, and to the west is the Xiangxian Temple, which is a place to worship the sages and Confucians of the past dynasties, with a total of 143 spiritual places. Behind the Dacheng Gate is a patio, and in front is a large platform called the Apricot Altar or Dew Altar. Legend has it that it was the place where Confucius lectured. Above the exposed altar is the Dacheng Hall, which is the main building of the Confucian Temple. It is five rooms wide and three rooms deep. It has ten brick pillars, eighteen wooden pillars, fourteen doors, and the doors, windows, and cornices are all decorated with wood carvings. The roof has high cornices, double eaves resting on the mountain, floral decorations on the ridges, clay sculptures and colorful paintings, and glazed tile covers, making it magnificent. The shrine in the middle of Dacheng Hall is where Confucius' spiritual tablets are enshrined. After Dacheng Hall is Chongsheng Temple, which is a hall dedicated to the ancestors of the five generations of Confucius. Chongsheng Temple and Dacheng Hall are very particular about their architectural structure, and they are different in size.
In the past dynasties, sacrifices were held in the main hall every year in the second month of spring (the second and eighth lunar month). At dawn during the sacrificial period, all officials in court uniforms stood in order and gathered together to salute. The ceremony was extremely grand.