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Church of the Immaculate Conception, Huzhuang
Catholic church in Shandong, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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