Jiangnan Examination Hall

The Jiangnan Examination Hall (simplified Chinese: 江南贡院; traditional Chinese: 江南貢院; pinyin: Jiāngnán Gòngyuàn, Jiangnan Gongyuan), near the Confucius temple, is located in the southern part of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China.

[citation needed] The district of Qinhuai River once prospered because of the Examination Hall, Fule Court, and Confucius Temple.

[1] The Examination Hall was listed among the third batch of Provincial Key Cultural Relics Protection Units in Jiangsu Province in 1982.

[citation needed] In 2002, the ancient buildings of Jiangnan Examination Hall were classified into Gongyuan Inscriptions,[clarification needed] and it was listed in the provincial units of cultural relics protection under the name of Jiangnan Examination Hall.

[6][1][3] It is the only professional museum that reflects the content of Chinese imperial civil examination system in China.

Aerial panorama of Nanjing South and the Qinhuai River where the Jiangnan Examination Hall is located. December 2023.