Confucious Temple

    According to historical records, in 478 BC,the year after Confucius' death, Lord Ai of the State of Lu had Confucius' house in the center of Qufu altered into a temple in commemoration of the sage.After many rebuilds and expansions, it reached its present scale in the Ming Dynasty. Covering 140,000 square meters of land it has over a hundred halls, towers, pavilions and other buildings clustering around 9 courtyards. There are also the Apricot Altar where Confucius had his school, the famous cypress and over a thousand stone tablets.

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