Confucian Woods

Located in the north of Quru is the Confucian Woods where the tombs of Confucius and most of his descendants are to be found. After Confucius' death in April 479 BC,(the 16th year of Lord Ai of Lu), his descendants buried with him and the place gradually grew into a cemetery with over 100,000 tombs and 4,000 steles. Zi Gong, Confucius' desciple, started planting trees at Confucius' tomb and now there are over 10,000 trees in the woods,Kong Shangren, well-known Literatus and author of the "Peach Blossom Fan", was buried here too.

In December,1994 The Confucius Temple, Residence and Confucian Woods was listed in the Chronology of  Recognition of World Heritages in China.