The Kong Family Mansion was the historical residence of the direct descendants of Confucius in the City of Qufu, the hometown of Confucius in Shandong Province, China. The extant structures mainly date from the Ming and Qing dynasties. From the mansion, the family tended to the Confucian sites in Qufu and also governed the largest private rural estate in China. The Kong family was in charge of conducting elaborate religious ceremonies on occasions such as plantings, harvests, honoring the dead, and birthdays. Today, the mansion is a museum and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu".LayoutThe mansion is located immediately to the east of the Temple of Confucius to which it had been formerly connected. The layout of the mansion is traditionally Chinese and separates official spaces in the style of a Yamen in the front of the complex from the residential quarters in the rear. Besides the yamen and the inner quarters, the complex also contains an eastern and a western study as well as a back garden. Within this overall arrangement, the spatial distribution of the buildings according to the seniority, gender, and status of their inhabitants reflects the Confucian principle of order and hierarchy: The most senior descendant of Confucius took up residence in the central of the three main buildings; his younger brother occupied the Yi Gun hall to the east. The eastern study was used by the Duke of Yansheng to meet official guests and worship his ancestors. The western study was used by the family for study, meals, and entertaining friends. In its present layout, the mansion comprises 152 buildings with 480 rooms, which cover an area of 12470m2. Its tallest structure is the 4-story refuge tower that was designed as a shelter during an attack but was never used. The mansion houses an archive with about 60,000 documents related to the life in the mansion over a period of 400 years during the Ming and Qing dynasties.Choose to start, finish, or center your holiday on a trip to Kong Mansion by using our Qufu driving holiday planning tool .
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第一次到访山东就选择了这里,坐了一段公交车才到。对教师半价,这点对于作为教师的母亲来说很有意义。 来的时候是放假,部分设施在装修,整体显得有些冷清,除了慕名而来的远客以及各种组织起来的小孩乐意来光顾这里。 整体大气且整齐,和许多中国传统建筑一样中心对称,环境空旷四处充满了绿色的气息。可惜离孔林比较远未能来得及去看,比较可惜。两个建筑在旁边很适合去看看。 more »
The first time I visited Shandong, I chose this place and took a bus. Half price for teachers is very meaningful to the mother as a teacher. Come the time is a holiday, some facilities in the renovation, the overall seems somewhat deserted, in addition to the far-off and a variety of organized children willing to patronize here. The whole atmosphere and neat, and many traditional Chinese architecture as the center of symmetry, the environment open everywhere full of green atmosphere. Unfortunately, it is rather a pity to be far from Konglin to see it. Two buildings next to each other are well suited to see.View original -
出孔庙,习惯性要进孔府,三孔之一,最后我没去孔林。不过孔府没有孔庙震撼,感觉一般吧,不过在后花园遇到了正点的戏曲演出,也算是特色了。如果有兴趣,请个导游,不贵,几十元钱,可能会了解得更深入。 more »
Out of the Confucian temple, habitual to enter the Confucian, one of three holes, finally I did not go to Konglin. However, Confucian no Confucian temple shock, feel the general bar, but in the back of the garden met the opera performance, is also a feature. If interested, please a guide, not expensive, dozens of yuan, may be more in-depth understanding.View original -
Honestly I shouldn't have written this review, as this trip happened many years ago. However I couldn't remove this rating. So let me still put a short review here. The Kong Mansion is one of the olde... more »
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