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Church in Zhejiang, China
Christ's Church, Shangcheng District
上城区基督教堂
Christ's Church, Shangcheng District in 2015
Christ's Church, Shangcheng District is located in ZhejiangChrist's Church, Shangcheng DistrictChrist's Church, Shangcheng DistrictLocation in Zhejiang
30°15′24″N 120°10′46″E / 30.256685°N 120.179577°E / 30.256685; 120.179577
LocationShangcheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
DenominationProtestantism
History
StatusChurch
Founded1864 (1864)
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeChurch building
Groundbreaking1924
Completed1927 (reconstruction)
Specifications
Floor area3,000-square-metre (32,000 sq ft)
MaterialsGranite, bricks
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese上城区基督教堂
Traditional Chinese上城區基督教堂
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShàngchéngqū Jīdūjiàotáng
Sicheng Christian Church
Chinese思澄堂
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSīchéng Táng

Christ's Church, Shangcheng District (Chinese: 上城区基督教堂), locally known as Sicheng Christian Church (思澄堂), is a Protestant church located in Shangcheng District of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

History

In 1859, the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America sent John Livingstone Nevius from Ningbo to Hangzhou to preach. The church was originally built by the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America with the help of Zhang Chengzhai (张澄斋) in November 1864. Four years later, Zhang Chengzhai, a Chinese believer and co-founder of the church, was proposed as its first pastor. As the number of believers increased, the management decided to purchase land to prepare for the new church building. Zhang's son, Zhang Baoqing (张葆卿), donated 10,000 silver dollars and the church raised another 50,000 silver dollars. Reconstruction began in 1924 and were completed in 1927. It was put into use in 1930.

The church was closed during the ten-year Cultural Revolution. And was occupied by the Hangzhou Library. On 30 August 1981, it was officially reopened to the public. At the end of 1983, Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie came to visit. In December 2013, it was designated as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Hangzhou government.

Gallery

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References

  1. Wang Jie (王洁) (1 February 2015). 思澄堂. hangzhou.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. ^ 杭州思澄堂：基督教中国化的“百年见证”. Sohu (in Chinese). 19 November 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

External links

Further reading

  • 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.
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