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Confucius
& Confucius Mansion, Qufu, Shandong Province
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Confucius
& Confucius Mansion |
The
Mansion, Temple and Cemetery of Confucius in Qufu, Shandong Province,
are cultural sites that attract tourists from both China and abroad, In
1994, they were listed as UNESCO’s world cultural heritage sites.
The Mansion of Confucius is the living quarters of the first grandson of
Confucius, a great philosopher, educator and founder of Confucianism. It
is also known as Master Yansheng's Mansion because in 1055, or the
second year of the reign of Song Dynasty Emperor Zhaozhen, Kong Zongyuan,
the 46th generation male descendant of Confucius was given the title
"Master Yansheng.” The title was passed down to Kong Decheng, the
77th generation male descendant of Confucius. Built on an area of
160,000 square meters, the mansion has nine courtyards with 463 rooms
along the east, west and middle routes. The houses along the middle
route are the main part of the mansion. The first four yards contain
offices and the other five serve as residences. At the rear is a garden.
The mansion stores more than 9,000 volumes of files from 1534 (the 13th
year of the reign of Ming Emperor Jiaqing) to 1948 and great quantities
of rare and precious cultural and historical relics.
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Confucius
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China celebrates
fifth revision of Confucius' family tree
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New Tourist Attractions in Qufu
Chinanew.cn March 30, 2005 -
Qufu, Confucius' birthplace in east China's Shandong
Province, has decided to enrich its cultural tourism programs and
perform the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644) ancient city gate opening
ceremony and the Confucian Temple sacrifice rituals every week instead
of once a year, to enable more visitors from home and abroad to
appreciate the city's old world charms. Qufu used to perform the Ming
Dynasty ancient city gate opening ceremony and the Confucian Temple
sacrifice rituals once every year during the 15-day China Qufu
International Confucius Culture Festival. With
Confucius' hometown cultural tourism rising in popularity, these
programs have gradually become favorites among visitors from home and
abroad. Qufu has decided to perform these programs regularly, that is,
at 9 o'clock every Saturday morning from Apr. 19 to Oct. 31 every year.
More than 300 professional actors and actresses will take part. Tourists
can also participate and gain first hand experience.
Moreover, Qufu will also do a
face-lift to the large-scale performance of "Xintanshengmeng," add
Shanxi Luliang weifeng (powerful) gongs and drums as well as Russian and
Korean actors and actresses.
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Confucius's Hometown Finished
Renovation
Xinhua News Aug. 29, 2005 -
Qufu, the birthplace of China's preeminent philosopher
Confucius, plans to restore its ancient city walls and streets ahead of the
philosopher's 2556th birthday anniversary, which falls on September 28. (Click
for full report).
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China to hold monthly rituals for Confucius to
promote tourism
Hindu, India, March 28, 2006 - Qufu, the hometown of Confucius (551 BC -
479 BC), a great thinker and educator in ancient China, has decided to hold
memorial rituals for him on the 28th day of each month from April to October to popularise his thoughts as well as promote tourism. The activities are a
simplified version of the grand ceremony held on September 28, the birthday of
Confucius, when people dressed in traditional ancient costumes perform the
rituals which had been held in the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), according to
a tourism official of Qufu city in eastern China's Shandong province. The
monthly rituals are aimed at entertaining domestic and foreign tourists who want
to appreciate the memorial activities for Confucius, the official said.
Confucius, or Kong Fuzi in Chinese, was a great ancient Chinese educator and
philosopher, with benevolence being one of his key doctrines. His profound
thinking has been an integral part of China's cultural system. Such memorial
events can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - 24 AD) in China.
Since the 1980s, a grand ceremony is held annually in Qufu on September 28 to
commemorate the birth of Confucius.
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