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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 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).
A temple of Confucius or Confucian temple is a temple for the veneration of Confucius and the sages and philosophers of Confucianism in Chinese folk religion and other East Asian religions. They were formerly the site of the administration of the imperial examination in China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam and often housed schools and other studying ...
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu Qufu , Shandong , China 35°36′42″N 116°58′30″E / 35.61167°N 116.97500°E / 35.61167; 116.97500 ( Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu; Map of the compound; JEN, LIN-LIU (September 25, 2009). "Following the Path of the Great Sage". The New York Times. Zhou, Zehao (2011). THE ANTI – CONFUCIAN CAMPAIGN DURING THE CULTURAL REVOL UTION, AUGUST 1966 -JANUARY 1967 (PDF) (Doctor of Philosophy). University of ...
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.