Daosheng Christ's Church
道胜堂
Daosheng Christ's Church in 2011
Daosheng Christ's Church Location in Jiangsu
32°04′44″N 118°44′27″E / 32.078914°N 118.740849°E / 32.078914; 118.740849
Location	Gulou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Denomination	Protestantism
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1915 (1915)
Founder(s)	Protestant Episcopal Church Mission
Architecture
Architectural type	Church building
Style	Chinese architecture
Specifications
Floor area	3,000 m2 (32,000 sq ft)
Materials	Granite
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Kiangsu
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	基督教道胜堂
Traditional Chinese	基督教道勝堂
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jīdūjiào Dàoshèng Táng
Daosheng Church
Simplified Chinese	道胜堂
Traditional Chinese	道勝堂
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dàoshèng Táng

Daosheng Christ's Church (Chinese: 基督教道胜堂), more commonly known as Daosheng Church (道胜堂), is a Protestant church located on North Zhongshan Road, in Gulou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

History

The church was founded by the Protestant Episcopal Church Mission in 1915 with Chinese architecture style. The church was closed in 1958 and used as the Library of Nanjing No.12 High School.^[1] On 18 December 2008, the church held a foundation laying ceremony of its new building in Hekou Gate Park (河口闸公园). It was classified as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Nanjing government in 1992 and a provincial cultural relic preservation organ by the Jiangsu government 2019.

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