Beizhengjie Christian Church Explained

Beizhengjie Christian Church
Other Name:Trinity Church
Native Name:北正街基督教堂
Native Name Lang:zh
Pushpin Map:China Hunan#China
Pushpin Mapsize:250px
Map Caption:Location in Hunan
Coordinates:28.2067°N 112.9758°W
Location:Huangxing North Road, Changsha, Hunan
Country:China
Denomination:Protestant
Previous Denomination:Episcopal
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Architect:Dr. Alfred A. Gilman
Architectural Type:Church building
Style:Gothic Revival
Years Built:1905
Floor Area:703.09m2[1]
Materials:Granite
Archdiocese:Changsha
Diocese:Changsha
Bishop:Wu Wei

The Beizhengjie Christian Church (Chinese: c=北正街基督教堂|p=Beǐzhèngjiē Jīdū Jiàotáng), formerly known as Trinity Church (Chinese: t=三一堂|s=三一堂|w=San1-i1 tʽang2|p=Sānyī táng|links=no), is a neo-Gothic Protestant church located on Huangxing North Road of Changsha, Hunan province, China, formerly belonging to the Episcopal Church of the United States.

History

It was built in 1905 by the Protestant Episcopal Church Mission and formerly called Trinity Church under the Church of China, it was designed by the bishop Dr. Alfred A. Gilman, and built of big blocks of rough granite.[2] It was ruined in 1910. The rebuilding began in 1911 and ended completely in 1915.

During the Xinhai Revolution, General Huang Xing took refuge here, he wrote "To worship Holy Christ, we must be devout. To save the world, he lived among the low." (Chinese: t=耶穌聖名、敬拜宜誠、辭尊居卑、為救世人|s=耶稣圣名、敬拜宜诚、辞尊居卑、为救世人|first=t|links=no)[3]

After the founding of PRC in 1949, it was taken as the match storage of Changsha Department Store Company and then as the celebration center of Hunan Finance Company.

In 2002, it was listed as a "Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the Provincial Level" by the Hunan government.

On December 20, 2004, it again opened to pilgrim.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. News: http://www.csbzjjt.com/infor.aspx . zh:教会简介 . gospeltimes.cn . 2016 . zh . 2016-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161015033857/http://csbzjjt.com/infor.aspx . 2016-10-15 . dead.
  2. News: http://travel.163.com/15/1009/10/B5FRTQLV00063KE8.html . zh:长沙十大古建筑景点 你去过几个? . 163.com . 2015-10-09 . zh .
  3. http://cswb.changsha.cn/cswb/20110221/cont_1_69_157085.htm 黄吉亭与基督教堂
  4. News: Sheke, Li . http://www.gospeltimes.cn/index.php/portal/article/index/id/26533 . zh:长沙北正街教堂复堂10周年 曾获黄兴感恩题词 . Fuyin Shibao.cn. 2014-12-30 . zh.
  5. http://hunanjiaohui.s117.000pc.net/show.asp?id=215 长沙市北正街基督教堂简介