36°14′26.22″N 116°25′51.96″E / 36.2406167°N 116.4311000°E
The Church of the Immaculate Conception ( Chinese: 无染原罪 堂; pinyin: Wúrǎn Yuánzuì táng), in Huzhuang village, Pingyin county of Jinan, Shandong province, is a Catholic church registered with the Catholic Patriotic Association. It is popularly known as the Huzhuang Church ( Chinese: 胡 庄 教堂; pinyin: Húzhuāng Jiàotáng) or Huzhuang Catholic Church ( Chinese: 胡 庄 天主 教堂; pinyin: Húzhuāng Tiānzhǔ Jiàotáng).
The church was designed in 1909 by a German priest, but was destroyed on Christmas Day in 1965. [1] The current building was rebuilt in 1998. Along with the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, atop a nearby hill, the Huzhuang Church receives about 100,000 pilgrims each year. The church is known for its Chinese Catholic folk music. [2]
36°14′26.22″N 116°25′51.96″E / 36.2406167°N 116.4311000°E
The Church of the Immaculate Conception ( Chinese: 无染原罪 堂; pinyin: Wúrǎn Yuánzuì táng), in Huzhuang village, Pingyin county of Jinan, Shandong province, is a Catholic church registered with the Catholic Patriotic Association. It is popularly known as the Huzhuang Church ( Chinese: 胡 庄 教堂; pinyin: Húzhuāng Jiàotáng) or Huzhuang Catholic Church ( Chinese: 胡 庄 天主 教堂; pinyin: Húzhuāng Tiānzhǔ Jiàotáng).
The church was designed in 1909 by a German priest, but was destroyed on Christmas Day in 1965. [1] The current building was rebuilt in 1998. Along with the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, atop a nearby hill, the Huzhuang Church receives about 100,000 pilgrims each year. The church is known for its Chinese Catholic folk music. [2]