Wangfujing Catholic

Beijing Wangfujing Catholic is one of the four major Roman Catholic Church. Yuri class thinking and Anwen Si (nationality unknown) two priests created. Ming, two people in Sichuan missionary. Qing Qing is captive to Beijing, when the difference in the palace Su, Junji years (1655), Fortune gave them a house and a piece of land (now the site), who is building a church on the ground that the Beijing city second church (the first for the South Church), which is the first of the East Church. East Hall hospital in the middle of church, sitting east to the west, a total of about 30, the top church legislative cross 3, the middle, both sides of the small. There are 18 halls supported by round brick columns, both sides of the painting hanging on Good Friday and other pieces. Church South, the West has classrooms, a hospital east, there are flower beds, cottage, house, residence for the priest. East Hall has been the preservation of multiple court painter Giuseppe Castiglione painted icons, Jiaqing years (1807) abolished after the fire. In 1884, Beijing Tour package reconstruction of the Roman-style lobby, in the Boxer movement has been destroyed. 1904, with "Boxer Indemnity" reconstruction (France and Ireland, two countries in building), which is now the East Church. East Hall hospital in the middle of church, sitting east to the west, Miankuo 25 meters, a total of about 30, located in the bluestone base, the Church Dingli cross 3, the middle, both sides of the small. There are 18 halls supported by round brick columns, diameter 65 cm, column bases for the square, both sides of the hall hung with oil paintings and other pieces on Good Friday. Covering nearly 10,000 square meters. Heritage protection for the Dongcheng District. Beijing Wangfujing Avenue North ongoing transformation of the original walls surrounding the mysterious church was demolished to attract everyone's attention. European gray spire building more and more revealing of its ancient and mysterious, new paved square in front of the tree-lined and more rich in human color. Against the background of the surrounding modern buildings, the Wangfujing Catholic has become of this new attraction on the street. Covers an area of ??8000 square meters square in front of the church has been completed pavement, square both sides of the seating available for pedestrian rest. The south side of the church, covering 1,000 square meters, the largest green space Wangfujing Street soon appeared, it is a flower, shrub, tree planting three-dimensional garden. Mainly due to Rose, it has a nice name - Rose Garden. An outflow from the Rose Garden of artificial spring water, because the south side of Cascading down by Square, so called "stacked spring." The church is more than one meter above the ground square to make it even more unique. It is said that the Catholic Church as Western-style design exactly, under the rose garden will have a wine cellar.

Beijing Wangfujing Church is a Roman architectural style of the church, communion is a model of Chinese and Western architectural styles. While living in downtown, Beijing Tours but did not reduce its holy temperament. During the holiday break and sometimes inadvertently come from, wind power, rich sound of the piano and choir singing like the sun coming out from the inside, the air waves in the winter.