Place of worship
Jiading Confucius Temple （South Gate）
County-level Confucian temple founded in the thirteenth century, now home to a museum of the imperial exam system.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Jiading Confucius Temple follows magistrate Gao Yansun's gamble in 1219: founding a temple in a brand-new, obscure Shanghai county and betting it could become a center of scholarship. It traces eight hundred years and more than seventy rounds of rebuilding that followed, along with the imperial examination system the temple existed to serve. Stand in the courtyard by the half-moon pond and Dacheng Hall, built for a very specific purpose.
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