The Confucius Temple in Qufu is dedicated to the former residence of Confucius at the age of 18. Since the Western Han Dynasty, emperors of past dynasties have continuously sealed posthumous title for Confucius, and the scale of Confucius Temple has become larger and larger, becoming the largest Confucius Temple in China. Most of the existing buildings were completed in the Ming and Qing dynasties, covering an area of 327 mu, with 9 courtyards before and after. There are 464 halls, altars and gates in the temple. Surrounded by red walls and turrets at four corners, it is modeled after the Forbidden City in Beijing. Together with the neighboring Confucius House and Kong Lin in the north of the city, it is called "Three Holes".
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The plane of Confucius Temple is rectangular, with an area of 6.5438+0.4 million square meters and a length of 0.7 kilometers from north to south. The Confucius Temple is laid out along a north-south central axis, which is symmetrical and rigorous. There are nine courtyards, in front of which are Xingxingmen, Shengshimen, Hongdimen, Dazhong Gate, Wentongmen, Kuiwen Pavilion and Ming Tombs Pavilion. Starting from Dashengmen, the building is divided into three roads: Dachengmen, Xingtan, Dacheng Hall, Bedroom Hall, Shengji Hall and two alleys.
East Road is the Holy Gate, Poetry Auditorium, Laojing, Ruby, Shengyan, Family Temple, etc. Most of them were places where Confucius ancestors were sacrificed in the last five generations; On the west road, there are buildings such as Shengkaimen, Jinsitang, Shengkaiwangdian and Bedroom, which are places where Confucius' parents are sacrificed.
There are five temples, one temple, one pavilion, one altar, two halls, seventeen stone pavilions and fifty tripartite halls in the whole temple, with a total of 466 halls, which were built in the Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China periods respectively. The most famous buildings of Confucius Temple are Lingxing Gate, Gate No.2, Kuiwen Pavilion, Xingtan, Dacheng Hall, Sleeping Hall, Monument Hall and Poetry Auditorium.
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