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.[1][2]
| Christ's Church, Shangcheng District | |||||||
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上城区基督教堂 | |||||||
 Christ's Church, Shangcheng District in 2015 | |||||||
  Christ's Church, Shangcheng District Location in Zhejiang | |||||||
| 30°15′24″N 120°10′46″E / 30.256685°N 120.179577°E | |||||||
| Location | Shangcheng District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China | ||||||
| Denomination | Protestantism | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Status | Church | ||||||
| Founded | 1864 | ||||||
| Architecture | |||||||
| Functional status | Active | ||||||
| Architectural type | Church building | ||||||
| Groundbreaking | 1924 | ||||||
| Completed | 1927 (reconstruction) | ||||||
| Specifications | |||||||
| Floor area | 3,000-square-metre (32,000 sq ft) | ||||||
| Materials | Granite, bricks | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 上城区基督教堂 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 上城區基督教堂 | ||||||
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| Sicheng Christian Church | |||||||
| Chinese | 思澄堂 | ||||||
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History edit
In 1859, the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America sent John Livingstone Nevius from Ningbo to Hangzhou to preach.[2] 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.[2] Four years later, Zhang Chengzhai, a Chinese believer and co-founder of the church, was proposed as its first pastor.[2] As the number of believers increased, the management decided to purchase land to prepare for the new church building.[2] Zhang's son, Zhang Baoqing (张葆卿), donated 10,000 silver dollars and the church raised another 50,000 silver dollars.[2] Reconstruction began in 1924 and were completed in 1927.[2] It was put into use in 1930.[2]
The church was closed during the ten-year Cultural Revolution.[2] And was occupied by the Hangzhou Library.[2] On 30 August 1981, it was officially reopened to the public.[2] At the end of 1983, Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie came to visit.[2] In December 2013, it was designated as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Hangzhou government.[2]
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External links edit
- Official website (in Chinese)
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.