Confucius Temple

There is no other place graceful like Confucius Temple of Tainan.  The building is China southern style architecture with Swallow Tail symbol at the roof end, double roofs but actually one floor only to have a better air-flowing system and enough brightness from the outdoor.

In the front of the temple there is a platform, giving the ceremony dance in the spring and fall Confucius rites, subject to the lunar calendar schedule.   Around the temple there are the west and the east chambers to have the relative Confucian masters through ages worshiped together, including five generations of Confucius' male ancestors in the back of the main temple.

Be noted, the entrance is two-stair up and down.  It is said the high block is to prevent women wearing long skirt in the old age to have the education of Confucism.   This is a joke!  Because in the temple there is no schooling but worship ceremony.  The correct purpose of this high block is to avoid the animal to get in.

The left picture in the red circle is a clear view to the "Swallow Tail" symbol.