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Dongjiadu Cathedral |
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Beijing Church (1655 A.D.) |
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Located on the east of Ba Liancao, outside the Dongan City Gate is
the East Beijing Church. The church was first built by Luigi Buglio
(1606-1682 A..D.) and was known as St. Joseph Church. The building
of the church is of Roman style architecture with many Christian paintings
inside. It was burnt down in 1807 and 1900 (June 13) but rebuilt in
1904. Nowadays, the church is known as the Catholic Church in Beijing.
| Shanghai
Xujiahui Catheral |
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Xujiahui Cathedral, the largest Catholic churchin Shanghai,
was constructed at 158 Puxi Road in 1910. It is a French Gothic architecture
with the two belfries tower up to the sky. The outer walls are made
up of red bricks with the eaves, gates and windows being of Gothic
design. The church is richly ornamented with marble sculptures. The
highrise and slender structure creates a mysterious illusion of heaven
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Hui Public School (1850) |
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In 1850, Christian Missionaries established a Christian school in
Xu Jiahui of Shanghai originally called Ignacio High School. The school
accepted both Christians and non-Christians alike, teaching Chinese,
grammar, painting, music, physics, geography and history in the 20th
century. In 1932, the school was officially named Xu Hui High School.
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 Dongjiadu
Cathedral was built at 175 Dongjiadu Road in 1853. It was the first
Catholicchurch set up by foreigners in China modeled after the tradiotional
early Spanish Baroque style and features eight Spanish pillars with
a composition of four arched clay roofs. Chinese couplets written
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| East
Orthodox Church- North (1685 A.D.) |
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The East Orthodox Church was also known as the 'Russian Church', or
the 'St. Mary Sabbath Church'. It was first built in 1685 (Qing Dynasty)
ans is located inside the Dong Zhi Gate, in Hutong of Hujiayuan. It
was the home of the Russian East Orthodox Missionary. The property
is huge with a total of 376 buildings. The church collapsed during
an earthquake and was rebuilt in 1932. It was destroyed in 1956 and
is now home to the Russian Ambassador Building in Beijing. |
| Tomb
of Matteo Ricci (1610) |
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Matteo Ricci's tomb is located two miles from Beijing 's west gate.
The tomb is shaped as a small hill and the title on the tomb reads,
'1610, Pioneer of Christian Missionary'. There is a cross carved on
the tomb with inscription in both Latin and Chinese. On the two sides
are the tombs of Ferdinand Verbiest, and Jojann Adam Scall von Bell.
The communist Chinese believe the tomb is symbolic because of Ricci's
achievements in China and they have been diligent to do a good job
in its upkeep and protect the tomb from vandalism. |
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