Church of the Savior (Beijing)
The Church of our Lord and Savior ( Chinese 救世主 堂 , Pinyin Jiùshìzhǔ táng , English Holy Savior Church ) is a Catholic church in Beijing , capital of the People's Republic of China . It is located on a large plot of land in Beijing's Xicheng district at 33 Xishiku Street and is open to visitors daily from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The church is surrounded by pine and oak trees and two Chinese pavilions.
Further names for them are North Church ( 北 堂 , Běitáng , English North Church ) or Xishiku Church ( 西什 库 教堂 , Xīshíkù jiàotáng , English Xishiku Church ) or North Cathedral . She was until 1958 a bishopric and is now the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association .
history
The church was originally founded in 1703 and has since been destroyed and rebuilt several times. It used to be in Canchikou 蚕 池 口 (opposite the old Beijing library) and was demolished there in 1887 and then rebuilt at its current location by Mgr Favier (1837-1905). That is why it is also called Canchikou Church ( 蚕 池 口 教堂 , Cánchíkǒu jiàotáng , English Canchikou Church ).
During the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, the church - along with the Beijing Legation Quarter - was one of the contested places of refuge for Christian Chinese and Europeans. It was defended against boxers and regular Chinese troops in the summer of 1900 by French and Italian marines and Christian Chinese under Bishop Pierre-Marie-Alphonse Favier.
The church, built in neo-Gothic style , is the largest Roman Catholic church in Beijing and until a few years ago was still the seat of the archbishop of the diocese of Beijing . It offers space for around 1000 people.
The Church of the Redeemer has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (6-878) since 2006 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Also Xishiku tang 西什 库 堂 and Xishiku tianzhutang 西什 库 天主堂.
- ^ Jean Mabire: Bloody Summer in Beijing . Bergisch Gladbach: Lübbe, 1978. ISBN 3-404-65030-1
Coordinates: 39 ° 55 ′ 26 ″ N , 116 ° 22 ′ 21 ″ E