Nanjing - Confucius Temple Fuzi Miao

The Confucius Temple is in the center of the south of the city in the bustling old town quarter named Fuzimiao after the temple with its many busy shops, restaurants and market streets as well as a regular bird market. An older Confucius temple was built here in 1034. The present temple was built in 1986 after Japanese troops had destroyed the previous building in 1937.