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Qufu (pronounced [tɕʰý.fû]; Chinese: 曲阜) is a city in southwestern Shandong province, East China. It is located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) south of the provincial capital Jinan and 45 km (28 mi) northeast of the prefectural seat at Jining. Qufu has an area of 815 square kilometers, and a total population of 653,000 inhabitants, of ...
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The Temple of Confucius ( Chinese: 孔廟; pinyin: Kǒng miào) in...
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Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion...
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Qufu is a city in Shandong, East China, located about 130 km...
- Temple of Confucius, Qufu - Wikipedia
Qufu, city, Shandong sheng (province), eastern China. It lies 70 miles (110 km) south of Jinan. In ancient times Qufu was the capital of the small independent state of Lu, which flourished from the 6th to the 4th century bce. It was established as a county-level city in 1986. Qufu is best known as.
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The temple, cemetery and family mansion of Confucius, the great philosopher, politician and educator of the 6th–5th centuries B.C., are located at Qufu, in Shandong Province. Built to commemorate him in 478 B.C., the temple has been destroyed and reconstructed over the centuries; today it comprises more than 100 buildings.
A temple of Confucius or Confucian temple is a temple for the veneration of Confucius and the sages and philosophers of Confucianism in Chinese folk religion and other East Asian religions.
