The Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion

Located at Qufu City, Shangdong Province, the Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion are the large-scale building complexes which possess the temple complex for worshipping Confucius and offering him sacrifices, the mansion for descendants of Confucius to reside, and the cemetery where Confucius and his dead descendants are buried. Kept in a good state of preservation are more than 1300 noteworthy buildings dating from various dynasties, 5000 stelae, 1700 age-old trees, 100000 hoarded cultural relics and objects, 60000 pieces of the Kong family archives from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion are the embodiment of Confucianism in architectural and artistic forms. Having met the criteria Nos.1, 4, 6 for inclusion of cultural properties on the World Heritage List, the Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion were inscribed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO in 1994.

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