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Confucius Forest

Confucius TombConfucius Forest is the cemetery of Confucius and his family, it is located in Qufu City, Shandong Province. Confucius Forest is the best preserved family cemetery with longest history. It is built by the students of Confucius in 479BC. It had enlarged by the emperors of the following dynasties.

The height for the Wall around Confucius Forest is 3~4 meters, the length is 7.3 kilometers. The occupancy area is 3000 ares. There are many kind of trees in this forest. The legends said that the students of Confucius all plant one tree in the forest with different kinds to memory their tutor. There are also many calligraphy left on the tablet in Confucius Forest by some famous calligrapher in China. That is why the other name of Confucius Forest is Tablet Forest.Memorial Archway

The sacred way in Confucius Forest reach a length of 1000 meters. Around the sacred way, there are many talltree, most of them were planted in Song and Yuan Dynasty(960-1368) with more than hundreds years. There are also some delicate building in Confucius Forest. It is a museum of Chinese ancient building, culture and ancient tree.

Confucius Forest, Confucius Mansion and the Temple of Confucius in Qufu, Shandong Province are the best place to learn Chinese history and Chinese culture. It is famous for the sediments of traditional culture, long history, large construction and abundance cultural and historical relic, etc.. It is listed in World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO.