Zhixi village is located in the north foot of Dapan mountain. It was called Guichuan and Zhichuan in ancient times. Surrounded by mountains, it has beautiful mountains and strange environment. There are 360 households in the village, 1130 people, all surnamed Kong. It is the largest settlement for the descendants of Confucius in Jiangnan. The Confucius family temple was built by the descendants of Kongzhou Nanzong (also known as Wuzhou Nankong), the 47th grandson of Confucius. It is located in Zhixi village, Panfeng Township, Pan'an County. It is now a national key cultural relics protection unit.
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Qufu Confucian Temple
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Kongfu family temple (North Qufu Confucian Temple) generally refers to Qufu Confucian temple
Qufu Temple of Confucius (Qufu), also known as "Que Li Zhi Sheng Temple", is located 300 meters to the west of the drum tower in the center of Qufu. It is a temple dedicated to Confucius, a famous thinker and educator in ancient China. It was first built in 478 B.C. in the 17th year of Duke AI of Lu Dynasty, and was added and expanded in successive dynasties.
The former residence of Confucius is the temple of Qufu Confucius Temple, which is worshipped at the age of. Since the Western Han Dynasty, successive emperors have been conferring posthumous titles on Confucius, and the scale of Confucius Temple has become the largest in China. Most of the existing buildings were completed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, covering an area of 327 mu with nine courtyards. In the temple, there are 464 halls, altars and pavilions. Surrounded by red walls and with turrets at the four corners, it was built in the style of the Forbidden City in Beijing. Together with the neighboring Confucius Mansion and the Confucius forest in the north of the city, they are called "three Confucius".
The Confucius Temple in Qufu is called an "isolated example" in the history of World Architecture by architect Liang Sicheng. In 1961, the State Council listed the "three holes" as the national key cultural relics protection units; in 1994, it was listed as the "world cultural heritage" by UNESCO
. At present, it is a national AAAAA scenic spot. It is listed as three ancient architectural complexes in China with the Forbidden City and Chengde summer resort;
Together with Confucius Temple in Nanjing, Confucius Temple in Beijing and Confucian temple in Jilin, they are known as the four major Confucian temples in China.