Spring has come, the beginning of the year, and the beginning of our 2018 traveling year. Twenty years ago, during the Spring Festival, our family came to Qufu, visited the Confucius Temple, Confucius Mansion and Confucius Forest, and in 2017, the three holes were opened free of charge to the elderly over 60 years old, and we revisited our hometown with the admiration of the saints. We took the train at 5:20 a.m. on March 6, and after 2 hours and 30 minutes came to, the famous historical and cultural city of Qufu.
The south gate of Confucius Temple, Shandong Qufu Branch of the 2018 CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
Under the city wall, the four big characters of "Wanmanyang Palace Wall" are the royal pen of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty.
Qufu is the hometown of Confucius, the great thinker, educator and founder of Confucianism in ancient China.
The long history and splendid culture have left a large number of cultural relics in Qufu, mainly more than 110, of which the Temple of Confucius, the Confucian Mansion, the Confucian Forest and the ruins of the old city of Lu were listed as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units announced by the country. The "Three Confucius" were listed by the United Nations as World Cultural Heritage in 1994!
The Temple of Confucius, or Confucius Temple, is also known as the Temple of Literature. It is the largest temple dedicated to Confucius in China, and was the place where Confucius was worshipped by the ancient feudal dynasties of China. First built in 478 B.C. on the former residence of Confucius, it is the forerunner and model of thousands of Confucius temples around the world!
The Stone Square of Golden Sound and Jade Zhen, which was built in the Ming Dynasty, was inscribed with the words "Golden Sound and Jade Zhen" by Hu Zhengzong, a famous calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty.
Latticework Gate is the first gate of Confucius Temple, latticework is the spirit star, ancient sacrifices to the sky, the first to sacrifice the spirit star, meaning that respect for Confucius as respect for the sky.
The Temple of the Most Sacred, "Most Sacred" praises Confucius as a person with the highest morality. The ornaments on the square, such as the Chinese table and the evil spirits, have the meaning of majesty and solemnity.
Shengshimen, the second gate of Confucius Temple. Pishui Bridge over the Shengshimen, open, a large courtyard, cypress, grass. Facing the three arch bridge, built in the Ming Dynasty.
Hongdao Gate Confucius Temple, the third gate, this door can mean that people want to be successful in their studies, you have to step into the "Hongdao door", to become a useful member of society!
To enter the Hongdao Gate in the new year, hold the door nail in your hand for a good omen!
Dazhong Gate is the main gate of Confucius Temple in Song Dynasty. The name "Dazhong" is a tribute to Confucius' "middle way". The "middle way" is the right way in the world, and the "mediocrity" is the rule in the world, which is not partial to the middle way and not easy to the mediocrity. The "middle way" is the only right way in the world that can exist independently without bias.
The Tongwenmen. Chinese palaces often have small barriers before the main building to show solemnity. Tongwenmen has no walls around it, and it stands alone in front of the Quiwengge, playing the role of a barrier.
Queiwen Ge. One of the main buildings of the Confucian Temple, known for its rich collection of books and unique architecture. Built in the second year of Song Tianxi (1018 AD), the original name of the library, the Golden Age renovation renamed "Quiwengge".
Queiwenge three layers of flying eaves, four arches, structurally sound, solid, after hundreds of years of wind and rain and many earthquakes shake, and the Quiwenge unharmed, is worthy of the ancient masterpieces of wooden architecture!
Quiwen Pavilion on both sides of the front, is the four Ming Dynasty imperial monuments. People used to call "turtle pack monument", in fact, its name is "Bi" (bi, xi) is the son of the dragon in the myths and legends. The name "Bi" (赑,xi) is the son of a dragon in myth and legend. Characterized by a dragon's head, a tortoise's back, an eagle's claw and a snake's tail, it is good at carrying heavy loads and can live a long life, so rulers have to use it to carry the imperial monuments.
The Confucius Temple was constantly repaired and expanded, and the present scale was formed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Legend has it that when Emperor Qianlong came to pay homage to Confucius, he was tired of walking and leaned against the cypress tree to take a rest, and the cypress tree received the dragon's breath and grew into what it is now, so it is called the Dragon Cypress.
Visitors to this will be friendly touch, catch the dragon gas, ritual prayers for a long life!
Thirteen Stele Pavilion courtyard north, five doors side by side will be divided into three Confucian Temple. East for the Cheng Shengmen, within the place of worship Confucius on five generations of ancestors; West for the Qishengmen, within the place of worship Confucius parents; three doors in the middle of the road side by side, the Dachengmen in the center, tucked away on both sides of the door for the door of the Golden Sound and the door of the Yu Zhen.
The late master hand-planted juniper stone monument. The east side of the Dacheng gate this tall and vigorous juniper tree, is the Confucius hand-planted. The scholar Yang Guangxun in the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty inscribed five big characters "the first teacher planted the juniper".
The apricot altar was the place where Confucius lectured.
The Dacheng Hall is the main hall of the Confucius Temple, and it is the central place where Confucius is worshipped. Mencius, "Confucius is called Dacheng", praises Confucius' thought as a collection of the great achievements of the ancient sages. In the center of the vertical plaque engraved with the Qing Yongzheng Emperor's imperial script "Dacheng Hall" three big gold characters.
Dacheng Hall was built in the second year of the Song Tianxi (1018), and then destroyed by fire. The existing Dacheng Hall was rebuilt during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty.
Dacheng Hall around the corridor ringed with 28 stone dragon columns, are carved into the whole stone, 6 meters high, diameter 0.8 meters long. The front eaves of the 10 for the deep relief, the knife is strong and powerful, the dragon posture is lifelike. For the Ming Dynasty Hongzhi years Huizhou craftsmen carved.
Dacheng Hall in the golden wall, there are 9 large shrines, 17 statues, the center of a that is Confucius.
Dacheng Hall two mountains and the back eaves of the 18 eight-pronged stone columns, are Yunlong shallow carving.
The red wall is called "Lu Bi", in the Qin Shi Huang burning books and burying scholars, Confucius 9th grandson Kong perch pop pop the Analects of Confucius and other classics hidden in this wall, the wall collapsed after the discovery of the Confucius classics have been passed on to the world. The wall was built in honor of Kong Perch's hiding of books.
The well of Confucius' former residence is located behind the Hall of Poetry and Rituals, which has been called "holy water" because it was the well that Confucius used to drink.
The stone monument inside the pavilion bears the inscriptions "Drinking Water and Worshiping the Master" and "Praise for the Well of the Old Mansion" written by Emperor Qianlong.
The Confucius Mansion is adjacent to the Confucius Temple, and the red lanterns on the wall are still hanging high, retaining the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival!
The Confucius Mansion is the residence of Confucius' forty-sixth generation direct grandson, Kong Zongwang, a "Diffractive Sage". Three-way layout, nine courtyards, *** there are 463 buildings, plus the back garden, *** covers an area of 240 acres.
The main door is suspended in the center of the "Shengfu" plaque in gold letters on a blue background.
China's feudal society, a typical official government offices and residential buildings
Empress Dowager Cixi handwritten the word "life".
The Qing Daoguang Emperor's handwritten "longevity" monument.
"Six Generations" plaque handwritten by the Qianlong Emperor, when the Confucian House of six generations in the same hall, implying that six generations of people living in harmony, living a full life.
The small two-story building was a shelter at that time.
The east room in the back courtyard was the place where the maids of the house did needlework back then, and the west room was the place for entertaining relatives and family members.
Caveat emptor. The inner wall of the inner house of the Confucius House has a picture of an animal that looks like a kylin, called "greed". Confucius House will be "greedy" word painted here, a door can be seen, is to warn the children and grandchildren not to be greedy and perverse, also counted as an important family discipline!
The Confucius House garden was built in Ming Hongzhi sixteen years (1503), before and after three major repairs, the back garden a new look, ancient colors, comparable to the Royal Garden. It covers an area of more than 50 acres.
Curved bridges, rockeries, pools, pavilions and terraces are as beautiful as a fairyland.
The back garden can enjoy the blooming flowers all year round, which is a collection of the world's most famous flowers in one garden, always blooming in all seasons, and never failing in all months.
More than two hundred spring and autumn jujube?
The five cypresses hold the acacia, the age of more than 500 years, cypress five branches of a parasitic acacia, not the same species but the same root, so the tree is also known as the "five gentleman cypress".
The entire Ruoda strange rocks, down the mountain, spring flowers bloom throughout the back garden.
The hotel rooms in the ancient city are also decorated in ancient colors.
Yan Temple, also known as Fusheng Temple, is a temple dedicated to Confucius' disciple Yan Hui. The temple was built in 1594 AD (the 22nd year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty) on the former site of Yan Zi in Ugly Lane, laying down the existing scale.
Fuxing Temple Stone Tablet Square, eight-pronged stone columns and eaves, vermilion-painted doors, beams and painted, very ancient and spectacular.
Yan Hui, Ziyuan, a disciple of Confucius, was famous for his virtue, poor and studious, and was admired by the descendants.
Fuxing Hall, towering over the broad and flat platform, heavy eaves and octagonal, nine ridges and four slopes, five ridges and six beasts, surrounded by corridors. Around the hall, there are 26 stone pillars around. Four stone pillars under the front gable, each of which is carved with two up and down flying dragons. Above the nave hangs a huge plaque with gold characters on a blue background, on which there are four characters of "Purely Ran Body Sacred" in the imperial pen of Emperor Qianlong.
After visiting Yan Temple, on the way to Confucius Forest.
Yan Temple is more than 2,000 meters away from Confucius Forest and can be reached by horse-drawn carriage.
The ancient city wall was originally built in the eighth year of Zhengde of Ming Dynasty to protect the Confucius Temple.In the late 1970s, the wall was dismantled, and was restored and re
in 2001.