Zhengding Prefectural Temple of Literature, Ancient Confucian temple complex in Zhengding County, China

Zhengding Prefectural Temple of Literature survives only as its Yuan-dynasty halberd gate and its two side wings, standing among residential houses south of Changshan East Road, near the Zhengding County TCM Hospital. The gate and wings were long used as staff housing and were near collapse before repairs from 2009; demolition of surrounding homes in 2019 left a square in front.

Founded in 1070, the third year of the Xining era of the Northern Song, the temple was rebuilt under the Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing. By the late Qing most halls had been demolished, leaving only the Yuan-era halberd gate and its east and west side rooms. In 2006 it was listed as a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level.

The name 'Prefectural Temple of Literature' distinguishes it from Zhengding's County Temple of Literature, since the town hosted two Confucian schools for 1,131 years of prefectural status. The surviving gate and side rooms were long used as staff housing by the Zhengding County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and only after 2019 did the front area become a public square.

Only the Yuan-era halberd gate and its two side rooms survive, standing in a residential lane south of Changshan East Road, near the Zhengding County TCM Hospital. The surrounding houses were cleared in 2019, leaving a small square in front of the gate. Look for the gate off Xue Menkou Street; the site is small and quickly seen.

Only the Yuan-era halberd gate and its two side rooms survive; the Great Perfection Hall and its Confucius statues were demolished in the late Qing. The gate was long used as staff housing by the Zhengding County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and after repairs in 2009 and 2019 it now stands in an open square cleared of surrounding homes.