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24 And Still Confucius
... 15) and there was no student discount available. Before I set off though I treated myself to an English Breakfast and a nice cup of coffee at my hostel. As expected it left a little to be desired on the authenticity front but after going so long without anything western it made a very welcome change.
The old walled part of Qufu, which today is really just a historic tourist zone is only a few square miles and easily walkable. The main modern ...
Qufu - Konfuzius' Zuhause
Abends kamen wir in Qufu an und nachdem wir im Youthhostel eingecheckt hatten,
futterten wir sehr lecker auf dem Nachtmarkt.
Am nächsten Tag besichtigten wir das Anwesen der Kong-Familie und dann den riesigen Tempel zu
Ehren des Konfuzius, wobei wir uns überall gefrorene Getränke kauften, um die Hitze zu ...
Dragon Boat Festival and Confucius-Land
... scattered randomly throughout the forest. They're not tightly packed in neat little rows. This picture shows Confucius's grave. The important people all had huge burial mounds behind their memorial stones. Confucius's also had a place to kneel and pray, a place for donations, an incense burner, and areas you could leave offerings or tributes to him. I felt very serious and solemn afterwards, though it wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
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"It's really hot there."
... of the other states. A consortium of equally powerful states was not in his best interest.
The Chu king's son was jealous of Qu Yuan's influence and with some goading from the Qin king, convinced his father that Qu Yuan was trying to usurp the Chu throne. This is where the legend gets a little murky. Either because the Chu king was convinced Qu Yuan was a traitor or the Qin conquered the Chu state, on the fifth day of the ...
Qufu and Confucius
... gnarled cypresses and ancestral shrines. Originally a simple shrine in 478BC, the year after Confucius's death, the temple grew gradually over the centuries before suddenly expanding during the Ming and Qing eras. (Qing = 1644-1911).
Beyond the entrance stand the 198 stone stelae, listing the names of as many as 50,000 successful candidates in the imperial exams, during the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.. Some are supported on the backs of mighty ...
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