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Plan of the Temple of Confucius. The temple complex is among the largest in China, it covers an area of 16,000 square metres and has a total of 460 rooms. Because the last major redesign following the fire in 1499 took place shortly after the building of the Forbidden City in the Ming dynasty, the architecture of the Temple of Confucius resembles that of the Forbidden City in many ways.
The two other parts of the site are the nearby Kong Family Mansion (Chinese: 孔 府; pinyin: Kǒng Fǔ), where the main-line descendants of Confucius lived, and the Cemetery of Confucius (Chinese: 孔 林; pinyin: Kǒng Lín) a couple kilometers to the north, where Confucius and many of his descendants have been buried.
Historical plan of the Temple of Confucius (1912). Within two years after the death of Confucius, his former house in Qufu was already consecrated as a temple by the Duke of Lu. In 205 BC, Emperor Liu Bang of the Han dynasty was the first emperor to offer sacrifices to the memory of Confucius in Qufu. He set an example for many emperors and ...
The largest and oldest Temple of Confucius is found in Confucius' hometown, present-day Qufu in Shandong Province. It was established in 479 BC, one year after Confucius's death, at the order of the Duke Ai of the State of Lu , who commanded that the Confucian residence should be used to worship and offer sacrifice to Confucius.
Mount Ni (Chinese: 尼 山; pinyin: Ní Shān) is a hill about 30 km (19 mi) to the southeast of the city of Qufu [1] in Shandong Province, China.The hill is culturally significant because it is traditionally regarded as the birthplace of Confucius.
The Cemetery of Confucius is located north of the historic walled city of Qufu, about two kilometers north of the Temple and Mansion of Confucius (which are in the south-central part of the walled city), and 1.5 km north of the Temple of Yan Hui, dedicated to the sage's favorite protege (which is just inside the northern gates of the city wall).
The Temple of Confucius in Beijing was the site of formal ceremonies hosted by imperial officials of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties of China to pay respect to Confucius. Asuka Japan (AD 538–710) [6] Azuchi–Momoyama Japan (AD 1568–1600) Baekje (18 BC–AD 660) [7] Balhae (AD 698–926) [8] Cao Wei (AD 220–266) [9] Chen dynasty (AD 557 ...
The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, (174 BC–132 AD), with the Parthenon (447–432 BC) in the background. This list of ancient Greek temples covers temples built by the Hellenic people from the 6th century BC until the 2nd century AD on mainland Greece and in Hellenic towns in the Aegean Islands, Asia Minor, Sicily and Italy ("Magna Graecia"), wherever there were Greek colonies, and the ...