Jilin Catholic Church

The Catholic Church in Jilin is a typical Gothic building, with a church and a bell tower, with a slightly "ten" shape. All buildings are masonry arched, no wooden beams or wooden pillars. The bells can be heard for several miles on Sundays or Catholic holidays.

Jilin Catholic Church is located at No. 3 Songjiang Road, Jilin City, Jilin Province, near the north end of Jilin Bridge, and the Songhua River to the south. Guangxu bought the land occupied by the Bishop's Party today in 1902 and began to build the Catholic Church. Construction began in 1917 and took 10 years. The holy name of Jilin Catholic Church, "Jesus Sacred Heart Church", is a typical Gothic building, the main body is composed of churches and bell towers, and the plane is slightly "ten" shape. All buildings are masonry arched buildings, no wooden beams or wooden pillars, bricks are made of local special black bricks of 31 cm long and 25 cm wide, stone materials are all made of upper granite collected from Ashhada 10 kilometers southeast of Jilin City, and then finely carved into various specifications of patterned stone pillars, Shimen Temple, stone window sill, etc. The church yard covers an overall area of 6449 square meters, the building area of 800 square meters, the use area of 536 square meters, located in Jilin City Songjiang Middle Road No. 3, Jilin Bridge north end, south of Songhua River.

The Catholic Church should be called the landmark of Jilin, a nearly 100-year-old church that has been vicissitudes of life and still stands on the banks of the beautiful Songhua River, well preserved, and is said to be built by French missionaries with the granite of Jilin native.

The holy name of Jilin Catholic Church "the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus" is a typical Gothic architecture. Its main body is composed of churches and bell towers, with a slightly "10" plane. All the buildings are masonry arch-shaped buildings, without wooden beams or wooden columns. Bricks are made of special local fired green bricks of 31 cm long and 25 cm wide. All the stones are made of high-grade granite collected from Ashhada, 10 km southeast of Jilin urban area. Later, they are carefully carved and ground into various specifications of granite pillars, stone lintels, stone window sills and so on. The church yard covers an area of 6449 square metres, with an area of 800 square metres and 536 square metres. It is located at No. 3 Songjiang Middle Road, Jilin City, at the north end of the Jilin Bridge and on the south of the Songhua River. Free visit.

Not bad, cost-effective, I have recommended it to my friends, I will come back next time.

Not bad, cost-effective, I have recommended it to my friends, I will come back next time.

The oldest building in Jilin City is worth a visit and worth taking pictures.