In which city is the Confucius Temple located?

The Confucius Temple is in Qufu City.

The Qufu Confucius Temple, also known as the "Queli Holy Temple", is located 300 meters west of the Drum Tower in the center of Qufu. It is a temple dedicated to Confucius, a famous thinker and educator in ancient China. It was first built in the 17th year of Lu Aigong (478 BC), and has been expanded and repaired in the past dynasties. The Qufu Confucius Temple uses the former residence of Confucius as its temple and worships him every year. Since the Western Han Dynasty, successive emperors have continued to add posthumous titles to Confucius, and the scale of the Confucius Temple has also become larger and larger, becoming the largest Confucius Temple in the country.

The whole temple has five halls, one temple, one pavilion, one altar, two halls, seventeen stele pavilions, fifty-three gates, and a total of 460 halls and verandas. The six rooms were built in the Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China periods. The most famous buildings in the Confucius Temple include: Lingxing Gate, Ermen, Kuiwen Pavilion, Xingtan, Dacheng Hall, Dormitory Hall, Holy Relics Hall, Poetry Auditorium, etc.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the individual buildings of Confucius temples were highly stylized, and the group planning and layout were basically customized. The architectural spatial layout of the Confucius Temple naturally follows these architectural ideas. It must not only meet the requirements for worshiping Confucius, but also strictly adhere to the ritual norms and hierarchy of Fanyi. The Confucius Temple is no longer a simple and ordinary learning space, but a "composite" space with a special spirit of place.

The main buildings of Qufu Confucius Temple:

1. Dacheng Hall: Dacheng Hall is the main building of the Confucius Temple. It is nine rooms wide, five rooms deep, 32 meters high and 54 meters long. It is 34 meters deep, has double eaves and nine ridges, yellow tiles with flying colors, interlaced brackets, carved beams and painted pillars, and is surrounded by corridors. It is majestic and majestic. There are 28 stone pillars on the eaves, with a height of 5.98 meters and a diameter of 0.81 meters. The eighteen pillars on the two mountains and the back eaves are lightly carved with cloud and dragon patterns, and each pillar has seventy-two dragons. The ten columns on the front eaves are deeply embossed with cloud and dragon patterns. Each column has two dragons flying opposite each other, coiling and rising, as if they are about to escape from the wall, which is exquisite.

2. Lingxing Gate: Lingxing Gate is the gate of Confucius Temple. According to ancient legend, Lingxing is a literary star in the sky, and its name implies the emergence of talented people in the country. Therefore, when ancient emperors worshiped the sky, they first offered sacrifices to the Lingxing, and the sacrifices to Confucius were also similar to those of worshiping the sky. Lingxing Gate was built in the 19th year of Qianlong's reign in the Qing Dynasty. It has six couplets and four pillars, iron beams and stone pillars. Four stone statues of heavenly generals stand on the top of the pillars, which is majestic and arrogant. The stone drums under the pillars make the architectural style steady and dignified.

3. Shengshi Gate: Shengshi Gate is shaped like a city gate, with three door openings. On the front and rear Shibi Royal Road, there are Ming Dynasty relief sculptures of two dragons playing with pearls. , extraordinary momentum. The Shengshi Gate was built in the Ming Dynasty, with cornices and brackets, and a green glazed roof. The white marble square in front of the gate is named Taihe Yuanqi Square. The name of the square praises Confucius as being like heaven and earth.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Qufu Confucius Temple