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During the Qing dynasty, the Guozijian was in Beijing. The Beijing Guozijian, located on Guozijian Street in the Dongcheng District, was the imperial college during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties; most of the current buildings were built during the Ming dynasty. [5] It was the last Guozijian in China and the predecessor of Peking University.
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 dictates that the temple should be on the "left" and the school or college on the "right". [2]
The Sui dynasty instituted major reforms, giving the imperial academy a greater administrative role and renaming it the Guozijian (國子監). [5] As the Guozijian, the institution was maintained by successive dynasties until it was finally abolished in 1905 near the end of the Qing dynasty.
Until the Xinhai Revolution, imperial officials of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties hosted ceremonies to pay their formal respects to Confucius in the temple. From 1981 until 2005, [1] the Temple of Confucius also housed part of the art collection of the Capital Museum. It stands on Guozijian Street near the Imperial Academy.
Hall of Classics (Guozijian), Peking: a triple archway of sculpted marble leading to the hall. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871. Guozijian, or the National University, was the highest national learning institution through three dynasties the Yuan, the Ming and the Qing. It was established as the Imperial Academy or Imperial College in 1306.
Guozijian Street (Chinese: 国子监街; pinyin: Guózǐjiàn Jiē), formerly known as Chengxian Street (Chinese: 成贤街; pinyin: Chéngxián Jiē), is a street in Dongcheng District, Beijing. It is listed as an important historical site.
Dongcheng (Chinese: 东城区; pinyin: Dōngchéng Qū; lit. 'East City District') is a district of the city of Beijing.It covers the eastern half of Beijing's urban core region, including all of the eastern half of the Old City inside of the 2nd Ring Road with the northernmost extent crossing into the area within the 3rd Ring Road.
Guozijian (Imperial College) Haotian Pagoda; Historic hutongs and siheyuans in many older neighborhoods; Huguang Guild Hall; Liulichang; Marco Polo Bridge and the Wanping Fortress; Ming tombs (World Heritage Site) Old Summer Palace; Pagoda of Cishou Temple; Pagoda of Tianning Temple; Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian (World Heritage Site) Prince ...