Baptist Church, Yangzhou
Baptist Church, Yangzhou | |||||||
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扬州浸会堂 | |||||||
Baptist Church, Yangzhou in 2011 | |||||||
32°21′52″N 119°32′28″E / 32.364576°N 119.541215°E | |||||||
Location | Guangling District, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
Denomination | Protestantism | ||||||
History | |||||||
Status | Parish church | ||||||
Founded | 1923 | ||||||
Architecture | |||||||
Functional status | Active | ||||||
Architectural type | Church building | ||||||
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Materials | Bricks | ||||||
Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 扬州浸会堂 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 揚州浸會堂 | ||||||
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Baptist Church, Xianliang Street | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 贤良街浸会堂 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 賢良街浸會堂 | ||||||
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Chapel, Cuiyuan Road | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 萃园路礼拜堂 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 翠園路禮拜堂 | ||||||
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Baptist Church, Yangzhou (Chinese: 扬州浸会堂), locally known as Baptist Church, Xianliang Street (贤良街浸会堂) and Chapel, Cuiyuan Road (萃园路礼拜堂), is a Protestant church located in Guangling District of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.[1]
History
[edit]The church traces its origins to the former Lingquan Teahouse (灵泉茶馆).[1] The Southern Baptist Convention bought it in 1917 and reformed it as a church in 1923.[1] During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army commandeered it and used it as a cinema and cafe house.[1] The church was restored and redecorated in 1946.[1] The church was closed during the ten-year Cultural Revolution.[1] It was officially reopened to the public in 1981.[1] In January 2008, it was designated as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Yangzhou government.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g 第三节 教堂 扬州萃园路基督教堂. Government of Jiangsu (in Chinese). 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Weihong, Luo (1 May 2014). 中国基督教(新教)史 [History of Protestantism in China] (in Chinese). Shanghai: Shanghai People's Publishing House. ISBN 9787208121324.