Pingyao Catholic Church
| Pingyao Catholic Church | |||||||
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平遥天主堂 | |||||||
 Pingyao Catholic Church in 2011 | |||||||
  Pingyao Catholic Church Location in Shanxi | |||||||
| 37°12′31″N 112°11′52″E / 37.208615°N 112.19787°E / 37.208615; 112.19787 | |||||||
| Location | Pingyao County, Shanxi, China | ||||||
| Denomination | Roman Catholic | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Status | Church | ||||||
| Founded | 1910 | ||||||
| Architecture | |||||||
| Functional status | Active | ||||||
| Architectural type | Church building | ||||||
| Style | Romanesque architecture | ||||||
| Specifications | |||||||
| Materials | Granite, bricks | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 平遥天主堂 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 平遙天主堂 | ||||||
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Pingyao Catholic Church (Chinese: 平遥天主堂) is a Roman Catholic church located in Pingyao County, Shanxi, China.
History
Christianity spread into the country as early as 1886 by an Italian missionary.[1] The church traces its origins to the former Wudao Temple (五道庙), founded in 1910.[1] It was severely damaged by the Red Guards during the ten-year Cultural Revolution.[1] The current version was completed in 1984.[1] In November 2011, it was inscribed as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Pingyao government.[1]
Gallery
References
- ^ a b c d e 山西平遥古城-中西文化结合的古城，这里洗涤心灵的好地方. qq.com (in Chinese). 27 December 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
Further reading
- Kejia, Yan (1 January 2004). Catholic Church in China [中国天主教]. ISBN 9787508505992.
- Ping, Liu (1 August 2014). 中国天主教艺术简史 [Brief History of Chinese Catholic Art] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Fortune Press. ISBN 9787504751430.