天下文枢--南京夫子庙

　　◆建筑年代　1985

　　◆建筑名称　南京夫子庙

　　◆建筑师　潘谷西 叶菊华 王文卿 丁沃沃等

　　夫子庙，位于南京市城南，是供奉和祭祀我国古代著名的大思想家、教育家孔子的庙宇，简称"文庙"。始建于1034年，由东晋学宫扩建而成。其后历经沧桑，几番兴废。夫子庙，是南京城市历史文化的重要标志。"青砖小瓦马头墙，回廊挂落花格窗"，是夫子庙建筑群的主要建筑风格。它由孔庙、学宫、贡院三部分组成，构成了当年江南的文教中心。整个建筑群于1937年遭侵华日军焚烧而严重损毁。1985年重建，建筑面积五万平方米，钢筋混凝土结构。孔庙部分由东南大学著名古建筑学家潘谷西、叶菊华等主持设计。东西市场及广场部分由王文卿、丁沃沃等设计。

　　Located at southern area of Nanjing City,Confucius Temple is built for memorizing Chinas great thinker and educator,Confucius.Confucius Temple is aslo called "Wen Temple"（Wen in Chinese meaning culture,knowledge or intelligence）.Construction of the Temple started in 1034,and firstly it was expanded on the basis of the School Palace in East Jin Dynasty.The temple,however,are ruined and rebuilt for several times.Now it becomes an important historic and cultural hallmark of Nanjing City."Gray bricks,small tiles and walls decorated with horsehead sculptures;Winding cloisters,windows decorated with flowershape frames"are main architectural features used in this ensemble.The whole temple is composed of 3 parts:Temple building,School palace and Examination hall,all of which constitute the former culture and education center in SouthYangtzeRiver area in old times.Confucius Temple was burned by invaded Japanese in 1937 and almost totally destroyed.In 1985 it was rebuilt.Current buildings,using a steel and concrete frame,cover a floor space of 50,000 square meters.Design of the Temple Building is presided by PAN Guxi and YE Juhua,famous architects of Southeast University.Professor WANG Wenqing and architect DING Wowo designed eastern and western marketing places and the square.