三孔 (A walk with Confucius)

22 Aug - Departing from Weifang train station to Taishan (泰山) via Dongche. Our plan was to concur the Taishan mountain.

Train Station

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Dongche

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Upon reaching Tai-an town, weather was bad that day, it rains heavily in the morning and we are forced to cancel our trip to Taishan mountain.

Thus, we had changed our plan to visit Confucius Museum and San Kong (三孔 - 孔庙,孔府,孔林) Confucius Temple, Confucious Residence and Confucious Tombs. Thus we took a cab and traveled some 75 Kilometers from Taishan to Qufu (曲阜) where Confucius was borned and where Confucius Museum and San Kong are located.

Arriving at Confucius Museum-

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Wedding Ceremony of Confucius's decendant and the wedding gifts

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This picture claimed to be the actual look of Confucius

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On the way to Confucious Temple

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孔庙- Confucious Temple
Within two years after the death of Confucius, his former house in Qufu was already consecrated as a temple by the Prince of Lu.

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孔府 - Confucius Residence
Believe it or not, Confucius never live here before, but His decendants stayed here.

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Court room in the residence

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On the way to Confucius Tombs

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孔林- Confucius Tombs

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The Cemetary is about 3.6 square kilometers with 3,600 Tombs within the perimeter. To date, there are 2 million Confucius decendants. The departed decendants will be burried in Kong Lin..

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