Open hour
8: 00-17: 00
Ticket
10 yuan
Traffic
Can reach to ride the China and Pakistan travel from the railway station or bus stop
Introduce
Confucian Temple lies in the centre of Qufu, it is one group that has eastern architecture color, large-scale buildings, called China ancient three major buildings with Beijing s Imperial Palace, Chengde Mountain Resort, Hebei. Confucian Temple is the temple where the past dynasties imperial court of China offered sacrifices to Confucius, the second year after established in Confucius to die, namely in 478 B.C., but Confucian Temple was small at that time, there are only three rooms of temple. Until Han Dynasty 206 B.C.- 220 years) ,Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty dismisses the various schools of thinkers from office and solies respect Confucian learning ,What Confucius thought begins to become China s feudal culture is orthodox, the past dynasties ruler takes what one needs, carry on the transformation to Confucius thought, regard Confucius as greatest sage and teacher ,The emperors either send officers or go to Confucian Temple to sacrifice in person, Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1644- 1911) Emperor Qianlong once went to Confucian Temple to pay a visit eight times, the scale of Confucian Temple was expanded day by day too. In China, Qufu Confucian Temple is Confucian Temple of the largest scale of China, the scale is second only to the ancient buildings of the Palace Museum. The whole temple is long from south to north more than 1 kilometer, takes up an area of 21.8 hectares, there are 466 Wu hall halls in all. There are five hallsing, two Wu, a cabinet, a jar, three shrines, two, two rooms, 17 pavilions,etc. among them. One circle of walls on wall in week, add the watchtower, the green pines and verdant cypresses in the courtyard, arranging densely, hall carved beams and painted rafter, splendid, the flowing water of small bridge, it is fastened that the birds are low, there don t be artistic conception. More than 2000 all kinds of stone inscriptions, it is one of the rare large-scale forests of Steles in China. One group of such ancient buildings with mighty daring, time is remote, the ones that kept are intact, its great reputation enjoys great prestige internal and externally, visitors competitively come here to seek the track, visit and pounder on the past.
Confucian Temple located in today of centre of Qufu, passes bright (A.D. 1368- 1644) Clear two generation rebuild and extend, building of it imitate the intersection of imperial palace and style, divide into and stock the courtyard 9 times together, the main building is run through on the Central Axis Avenue, it is arranged that the left and right annexe is symmetrical, the whole buildings include three audience halls, a pavilion, a jar, three shrines, two Wu, two, two rooms, amounts to 466, there are workshops of 54 doors besides, cover an area of 218,000 square meters. The temple is enclosed with the red wall all around, add workshop on the door and watchtower. The red wall of yellow tile of Confucian Temple, carved beams and painted rafter, the imposing manner is grand, history is long, are kept intact, famous outside China. Confucian Temple is not only renowned for large-scale building home and abroad but also hide abundant and precious historical relic, among them the stone tone tablet of the tablet is the most famous particularly, Confucian Temple stores more than 2100 famous upright stone tablets now, old, in considerable quantities, the vast forest of Steles, like a historical picture scroll, also a calligraphy, fair of stone engraving. Can reach and visit time to ride the China and Pakistan travel from the railway station or bus stop: About 2 hours.