Cicheng School Hall

About this experience

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What's included

• Cicheng Old Town Four- Combo TicketAdultThere are four scenic spots: County Government Office, Confucius Temple, School Scholars Hall and Feng Yue Painted Gate.

How to use

1. Show Mobile Ticket
2. At Redemption Counter

What to expect

The Cixi Academy, also known as the Examination Hall and the Examination Hall, was a place for selecting talents at the grassroots level of the feudal imperial examination system. Cixi Town has been a place of tranquility and beauty since ancient times, with beautiful humanities and students carrying pencils and writing books. In the 15th year of the Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1835), the local sage Zheng Tingrong and his son generously donated 24,000 silver dollars to build the Cixi Academy. The entire building faces north and south, and consists of 117 houses including the main gate, ceremonial gate, hall, corridor, and side room. From the perspective of layout design, it is divided into the front yard and the back yard, which is a typical Qing Dynasty three-courtyard and two-courtyard building. The front yard is the main gate and the ceremonial gate. There is a screen wall and two east and west gates in front of the main gate; there are four small houses on the right side of the main gate, and a land temple on the left side, which is a place to worship the land god. There are six gatehouses on the right side of the ceremonial gate. The second entrance is divided into two corridors on the left and right for the examination room. The middle of the bungalow is the entrance for candidates to enter the examination hall, commonly known as the "Dragon Gate". The doors and windows of the examination rooms are all the same. There are 69 rooms in total. Every three rooms have a wall, and a small patio is left outside. Only the south side is used for access and lighting and ventilation. The entire examination room can ensure sufficient light and avoid the suffering of wind and rain. Each examination room has four examination tables and four stools. During the examination, this space of more than ten square meters is divided into four grids, with one person sitting in each grid. It looks like a row of birdcage-like buildings, called houses. You can imagine the grand scene of students gathering here in these small examination rooms, writing at their desks and taking exams to seek fame. The main hall is a lobby with five rooms, and there are four side rooms on the left and right. There is a patio and five main rooms in the third entrance. There are also five rooms facing south as the front row of the examination, where candidates hand in their papers and examiners seal their papers. Three rooms of Han (Yu) Changli Temple are built in the west, and three rooms of Huang (Zhen) Wenjie Temple are built in the east. There are five kitchens in the northeast corner. The construction project took one year to complete and put into use. The examination room was fully equipped with all the items needed for an examination (examination tables, screens, etc.), and was hailed as an "unprecedented" event for the Cixi imperial examination.

Terms & conditions

无需取票，凭电子凭证直接验证使用;使用地址：宁波市江北区慈城镇景区游客中心;使用时间：08:30~16:30;08:30~18:00(县衙8.3起) Location of use Cicheng Town attraction, Jiangbei District, Ningbo Visitor Center Time of use 08:30~16:30;08:30~18:00(County Office 8.3)