Country China Website www.csbzjjt.com Status Parish church Year built 1905 Architectural type Church | Denomination Protestantism Founded 1905 (1905) Province Hunan Architectural style Gothic architecture | |
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Location Huangxing North Road, Changsha, Hunan Address Huangxing N Rd, WuYi ShangQuan, Kaifu Qu, Changsha Shi, Hunan Sheng, China, 410005 Similar Changsha Church Christianity, Kaifu Temple, Jia Yi's Former Residence, Yuelu Academy, Yuelu Mountain | ||
The Beizhengjie Christ Church (Chinese: 北正街基督教堂; pinyin: Beǐzhèngjiē Jīdū Jiàotáng) is a 20th-century typical gothic church. It is located in the Huangxing North Road of Changsha, Hunan province, China.
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. 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: 耶稣圣名、敬拜宜诚、辞尊居卑、为救世人)
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.