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Jinghai Temple () is a 15th-century temple located in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It is located in the southwest of Shizi Mountain (). It was built to commemorate the voyage of Zheng He by the emperor in Ming Dynasty. In 1842, the terms of the Treaty of Nanking, China's first unequal treaty, was discussed in the temple. Jinghai temple was devastated during the Taiping Rebellion and the Second Sino-Japanese War. In 1988, the People's Government of Nanjing rebuilt the temple at its original site. In 1990, the temple was repurposed as the Historical Exhibition Museum of the Treaty of Nanking . After two expansions in 1996 and 2005, Jinghai Temple is now the Nanjing Jinghai Temple Memorial, in which both Zheng He's Voyage and the Treaty of Nanking related materials were exhibited. Jinghai Temple is a National 4A Level Scenic Spot, National Patriotism Education Base, and Nanjing Relic Protection Unit. == Overall Introduction== ''Jinghai Temple'' (Temple of the ''Calm Sea'') was built in 1416 by the ''Yongle emperor'' of the Ming dynasty to honor ''Zhenghe'', court eunuch, explorer and envoy of the emperor who traveled to India and even sailed as far as the east coast of Africa several times. The temple was originally built as a dedication to the Goddess of the Sea, ''Tianfei''. It was also called ''"Tin Hua"'' in Hong Kong. ''Tin Hua'' or ''Tianfei'' was created by emperor for the namesake of a young woman from Fujian province in China who miraculously rescued sailors whose boats had gone adrift on the high seas. It was one of Nanjing's largest and most lavishly decorated temples. It had witnessed the failure of the Qing dynasty in the First Opium War (1839–1842), on August 29, 1842. The British ship, ''Cornwallis'', anchored on the Yangtze River which is just west of Jinghai Temple. This was where the first Treaty of Nanking was signed. By the time of the Republican Period, after the Taiping Rebellion and the destruction of traditional architecture during the Cultural Revolution, the temple had almost disappeared. A reconstruction of Jinghai Temple was in process in 1987 and an extension was built in 1996, when it became the museum of the ''Nanking Treaty''. Before the return of Hong Kong to mainland China in 1996, this museum became the site for nationalist celebrations. Today the museum occupies only 15% of the Jinghai Temple. The only remaining part of the original temple is a stele which was established and written by the ''Yongle emperor'', himself. In addition, the museum was built next to a large outcropping rock known as ''Sansuyan'' (Three Night Crag) where the Southern Song general, ''Yu Yunwen'', moored his fleet for three nights on his return trip after defeating the ''Jin army'' in Anhui province. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jinghai Temple」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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