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Yuguang Street Church () is a Protestant church in Dalian, China It is the former Dalian Anglican Church () and its church building is now a Historical Protected Building of Dalian City.〔(Churches in Dalian )〕〔(Churches in Dalian, Liaoning )〕 ==Brief history== * From 1905 to 1945, the southern half of the present-day Greater Dalian was Japan's leased territory. Due to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance at that time, the British Consulate General was given a location at Zhongshan Square, the best place in downtown Dalian, and an Anglican church was built in its premises. It was a black brick building. * In 1928, the second-generation red-brick church building was built by a joint effort of the Church of England and the Anglican-Episcopal Church of Japan, which was named Dalian Anglican Church. On Sunday, the English-language service started at 9:00 am and the Japanese-language service at 10:30 am. The church belonged to the North China Diocese of Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui. * At the end of the Second World War, all Japanese-owned buildings were confiscated by the Chinese, the religious buildings were never used as such, but as Britain owned the half of this church, it was left as a Christian church and was renamed as "Yuguang Street Church". * During the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1977 when all religious activities were suppressed, the stained glass windows were smashed broken and the church was used as a place for the children's extracurricular activities. * As Christian service restarted in the early 1980s, the church came under the post-denominational China Christian Council. * In 2001, it was listed as one of Dalian City's 100 or so Protected Historical Buildings. 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「Yuguang Street Church」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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