What is Temple of Confucius?
{{good}} {{Distinguish|Confucian church}} {{Chinese |pic=File:Kaohsiung Taiwan Kaohsiung-Confucius-Temple-01.jpg |picsize=300px |piccap=Kohsiung Confucian Temple in [[Taiwan]]. |t={{linktext|孔廟}} |s={{linktext|孔庙}} |p=Kǒngmiào |l=Temple of [[Confucius]] (Kong) |altname=Temple of Literature |t2={{linktext|文廟}} |s2={{linktext|文庙}} |p2=Wénmiào |poj2=Bûn-biō |altname3=Temple of the Sage |t3={{linktext|聖廟}} |s3={{linktext|圣庙}} |p3=Shèngmiào |poj3=Sèng-biō |altname4=Temple of the Master |t4={{linktext|夫子廟}} |s4={{linktext|夫子庙}} |p4=Fūzi miào |altname5=Temple of Study |t5={{linktext|學廟}} |s5={{linktext|学庙}} |p5=Xuémiào |altname6=Palace of Study |t6={{linktext|學宮}} |s6={{linktext|学宫}} |p6=Xuégōng |mnc = ᡴᡠᠩᡶᡠᡯ ᡳ ᠮᡠᡴᡨᡝᡥᡝᠨ |mnc_v = Kungfudzi-i muktehen |hangul = {{linktext|문묘}}<br/>{{linktext|공자묘}} |hanja = {{linktext|文廟}}<br/>{{linktext|孔子廟}} |rr = Munmyo<br/>Kongja myo |lk = Temple of Literature<br/>Temple of Confucius |kanji = {{linktext|聖廟}}<br/>{{linktext|聖堂}} |romaji = Seibyō<br/>Seidō |qn=Văn Miếu<br>Văn Thánh Miếu |chuhan ={{linktext|文廟}}<br>{{linktext|文聖廟}} |lqn={{nowrap|Temple of (the Sage of) Literature}} |ind=Boen Bio }} {{Confucianism}} A '''Temple of Confucius''' or a '''Confucian temple''' is a place of [[worship]] where people show respect to [[Confucius]] and other important people of [[Confucianism]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bA91zQEACAAJ|title=Confucianism and Sacred Space: The Confucius Temple from Imperial China to Today|last1=Huang|first1=Chin-shing|last2=Huang|first2=Jinxing|date=2021|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-19896-7|language=en}}</ref> Confucianism is a [[folk religion]] in [[China]] and other countries in [[East Asia|East]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. Its history in East Asia is more than 2,500 years.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Confucianism|url=https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/confucianism|access-date=2023-12-19|website=education.nationalgeographic.org|language