Qufu
Qufu (Chinese曲阜 市) is a county-level city in east China's Shandong Province.
Qufu is part of the administrative area of the prefecture-level city of Jining.
Chinese mythology, according to which the city is known as the birth and death place of Confucius. Qufu in 1994 was appointed World Heritage Site.
Geography
The city is located about 170 km south of the provincial capital Jinan, has an area of 896 km ² and approximately 640,000 inhabitants ( 2004).
Administrative Divisions
At the community level, Qufu is composed of two road districts, six large municipalities and four municipalities together. These are:
- Road District Lucheng (鲁 城 街道), center, seat of city government
- Road district Shuyuan (书院 街道)
- Greater community Wucun (吴 村镇)
- Greater community Yaocun (姚 村镇)
- Greater community Lingcheng (陵 城镇)
- Greater community Xiaoxue (小雪 镇)
- Greater community Nanxin (南辛 镇)
- Greater community Shizhuang (时 庄镇)
- Community Wangzhuang (王 庄乡)
- Community Dongzhuang (董 庄乡)
- Community Xizou (息 陬 乡)
- Community Fangshan (防 山乡)
History
In Qufu Confucius lived and worked. The he founded Confucianism is the belief, or philosophy, or religion, is the most significant in China. Almost one in four Qufuer is a descendant of Confucius. The city is a major center for its history of Confucianism.
Qufu was declared a World Heritage Site because of its uniqueness in 1994.
Attractions
Temple of Confucius
One of the main attractions in Qufu is the 22 -acre Temple of Confucius (孔庙" Kǒng Miao " ), which was built on the place where previously stood the birthplace of Confucius.
The entire system consists of nine courtyards, around which 466 buildings of different type group. Next to the temple is the Confucius Park.
Kong Family Mansion
The Kong Family Mansion (孔府" Kong Fu" ), which is very similar to Confucius Temple is about 16 hectares and consists of nine courtyards, numerous buildings and a large garden and served the family of Confucius as an apartment.
Forest Kong Family
The forest of the Kong family (孔林" Konglin " ) is located about 1.5 km north of the city. In the approximately 200 hectares, his son, his grandson, and almost all the direct and indirect descendants of Confucius, buried by Confucius. The grave stone of Confucius bears the inscription " grave of the holy King of culture, has attained Perfection ."
1947, the Kong family fled the communist revolution to Taiwan. The Communists destroyed the sculpture of Confucius. The living room of the Kongs can again today, as it was abandoned in 1947, be visited. The sculpture of Confucius was restored ( made of plaster ).