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The '''Jiangnan Examination Hall''' (((zh|s=江南贡院|t=江南貢院|p=Jiāngnán Gòngyuàn)), '''Jiangnan Gongyuan'''), near the Confucius temple, is located in the southern part of [[Nanjing]], [[Jiangsu]] Province, China. It is the largest examination hall for [[imperial examination]] in [[ancient China]]. It now houses the '''Imperial Examination Museum'''.<ref name="travelchinaguide">((cite web| url=https://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/jiangsu/nanjing/imperial-examination-museum.htm | title=Imperial Examination Museum of China (Jiangnan Examination Hall) | website=Travel China Guide | accessdate=2 October 2023 ))</ref>

==History==
[[File:Aerial panorama of Nanjing South and the Qinhuai River. December 2023.jpg|thumb|Aerial panorama of Nanjing South and the Qinhuai River where the Jiangnan Examination Hall is located. December 2023.]]
The Jiangnan Examination Hall<ref name="lonelyplanet">((cite web| url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/china/jiangsu/nanjing/attractions/jiangnan-imperial-examination-hall/a/poi-sig/434470/356022 | title=Jiangnan Imperial Examination Hall | website=[[Lonely Planet]] | accessdate=2 October 2023 ))</ref> (Jiangnan Gongyuan) was first built in the 4th year of [[Emperor Xiaozong of Song|Emperor Xiaozong's]] reign ([[Qiandao era]]) of the Southern Song (1168).<ref name="travelchinaguide" /><ref name="gonanjingchina">((cite web| url=https://www.gonanjingchina.com/places-to-go-nanjing-china/attractions-nanjing-travel/jiangnan-imperial-examination-museum | title=Jiangnan Imperial Examination Museum | website=Nanjing China | accessdate=2 October 2023 ))</ref> Nanjing was made capital in the [[Ming dynasty]]. The Jiangnan Examination Hall was used as the examination hall for both the [[provincial level examination]] (''juren'') of [[Jiangsu Province]] as well as [[Anhui Province]] and [[metropolitan examination]] (''jinshi'').((fact|date=October 2023)) After the capital was moved to [[Beijing]] in the [[Yongle period]], the formal capital became Nanjing Had. Jiangnan Examination Hall was heavily expanded with more than 20,000 buildings.((fact|date=October 2023)) In the early [[Qing dynasty]], Nanjing was the capital of [[Jiangnan]] province, so the Examination Hall continued to use the name of Jiangnan Examination Hall.

==Examination==
During the Qing dynasty, the imperial examination included 112 subjects. There were a total of 58 examinees from the Jiangnan Province (which includes [[Jiangsu]], [[Anhui]], [[Shanghai]] today) who passed the provincial imperial examination held in the Jiangnan Examination Hall. They then became a Number One Scholar in the final imperial examination.<ref name="suzhouprivatetour">((cite web| url=https://suzhouprivatetour.com/attractions/show/jiangnan_examination_hall.htm | title=Jiangnan Examination Hall | website=Nanjing Private Tours | accessdate=2 October 2023 ))</ref> These 58 examinees, 49 from Jiangsu and 9 from Anhui, consisted of c.52% of the Number One Scholars at national level.

Within the Examination Hall, there were two enclosures surrounded by walls full of thorns. These were designed to avoid cheating and were known as the "Thorns Wall".<ref name="suzhouprivatetour" />

==Location and size==
East from Yao's Lane, west to Gongyuan West Street, north near Qinhuai River and south to Jiankang Road, the Examination Hall used to cover an area of 300,000&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>.((fact|date=October 2023)) It is one of the main architectural complexes in the Confucius Temple District. T’ai-tsu also built a government-run [[brothel]] by the side of [[Qinhuai River]], which faced the Examination Hall across the river.<ref name="theworldofchinese">((cite web| url=https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2017/01/jiangnan-style/ | title=Jiangnan Style | website=The World of Chinese | first=David | last=Dawson | date=2 January 2017 | accessdate=2 October 2023 ))</ref> The brothel was once called the Old Court or Fule Court, which was built for use by scholars.((fact|date=October 2023)) The district of Qinhuai River once prospered because of the Examination Hall, Fule Court, and Confucius Temple. Only a [[Siheyuan]]-type building is left now, which is used as a museum.<ref name="travelchinaguide" />

The Examination Hall was listed among the third batch of Provincial Key Cultural Relics Protection Units in Jiangsu Province in 1982.((fact|date=October 2023)) In 2002, the ancient buildings of Jiangnan Examination Hall were classified into Gongyuan Inscriptions,((clarify|date=May 2012)) and it was listed in the provincial units of cultural relics protection under the name of Jiangnan Examination Hall.

==Famous people==
Famous people in the Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty such as [[Tang Bohu]], [[Zheng Banqiao]], [[Wu Jingzi]], [[Shi Nai'an]], [[Weng Tonghe]], [[Li Hungchang]] and "Number One Scholar" [[Zhang Jian (politician)|Zhang Jiang]] in the late Qing dynasty all took the imperial examination here.((fact|date=October 2023))

==Imperial Examination Museum==
The Nanjing '''Imperial Examination Museum''' of China (((zh|南京中国科举博物馆)) in Jiangnan Examination Hall, is located in the 1st Jinlin Road, Confucius Temple, Nanjing.<ref name="chinadaily">((cite web| url=https://govt.chinadaily.com.cn/s/202104/21/WS607ff472498e7a02c6f6af93/nanjing-imperial-examination-museum-of-china.html | title=Nanjing Imperial Examination Museum of China – 南京中国科举博物馆 | website=China Services Info | accessdate=2 October 2023 ))</ref><ref name="travelchinaguide" /><ref name="gonanjingchina" /> It is the only professional museum that reflects the content of Chinese imperial civil examination system in China. The museum, open both day and night, is also a place for studying the imperial examination and an institution for collecting cultural relics and historical data about the imperial examination.<ref name="cctv">((cite web| last=Lee | first=Stanley | title=Museums in Nanjing open for night visits | publisher=[[CCTV News]] | url=http://english.cntv.cn/2015/03/11/VIDE1426003677987714.shtml | website=english.cntv.cn| accessdate=May 9, 2016))</ref>

==Transportation==
The building is accessible within walking distance east of [[Sanshanjie Station]] of [[Nanjing Metro]].

==References==
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==External links==
((commons category|Jiangnan Gongyuan))
*((OSM|n|1608062767))

((Jiangsu topics))

[[Category:1168 establishments in China]]
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[[Category:History museums in China]]
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