There are three holy cities in the world, where are they?
You might think of Jerusalem in the Palestinian area, Mecca in Saudi Arabia, and then there's another place that most people probably don't know, or even dare to imagine, that is, Qufu in shandong on the mainland.
Qufu means the same thing as Jerusalem to Christendom, and it is known as the "Holy City of the East" and "the Jerusalem of the East". Qufu is the ancient Dongyi tribal settlement center, the main area of Dawenkou culture and Longshan culture, but also the eastern state of liturgy in the Zhou Dynasty, Confucius was born in Nishan, grew up in Queli, set up in the apricot altar, born in Ludu, buried in Sishang, leaving many activity relics in Qufu.
So, the question is, what is the Holy City? Generally speaking, there are two situations, one refers to a city with great historical significance and role, and the other is a city that religious believers claim to have a significant relationship with the life and deeds of the leader or important person in the religion. Taken together, it is mainly based on the world's influential civilizations, cultural origins, pilgrimage sites and other factors.
The significance of Jerusalem and Mecca as the "holy city" need not be said. So, how did Qufu in China become one of the three holy cities in the world?
Kong Lin, the family cemetery of Confucius and his descendants, is the longest-lasting family cemetery in the world. Confucius House is the largest and most luxurious feudal bureaucratic aristocratic mansion in China, known as "the first in the world". The Confucius Temple is one of the three ancient architectural complexes in China and one of the four major temples of literature.
The thousand-year-old liturgy returned to Donglu, and the ancient clothes were crowned with worship of king Su. As one of the world's greatest philosophers and the founder of the Chinese School of Confucianism, Confucius's Confucianism influenced the development of China and the world for more than two thousand years.
Confucian culture has become the orthodox Chinese culture in the long history, and it also represents the entire Oriental culture. Qufu is a veritable Confucian holy land.
Ancient Chinese feudal emperors regarded Confucius as a saint, very highly respected, the emphasis on the "three holes" is traced today, such as confucius once lived in the place was expanded into the Confucius Temple, the Confucius Temple Dacheng Hall is the first of the "Three Great Halls of the East", is the highest specification palace in ancient China.
His descendants were all knighted by the officials and passed down from generation to generation, becoming the longest-lasting nobleman in Chinese history. Including their family cemetery from the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty has been expanded and protected.
Throughout ancient Chinese history, there is hardly a single figure who has been as revered as Confucius. In order to worship Confucius's ancestral temple (Confucius Temple), ancient and modern, can be seen everywhere in The country, there are more than 3,000 built around the world, his influence not only affected the feudal emperors of successive dynasties, but also expanded the entire East, Confucian culture has also become the cornerstone of all Oriental culture.
The "three holes" seen today are naturally a manifestation of the promotion of Confucianism, and have been listed as a world cultural heritage with rich cultural accumulation, long history, grand scale, and cultural relics collection.
Nishan, the birthplace of Confucius, is also famous at home and abroad, and is called a holy place by the world. However, the history and culture of Qufu are not only "three holes", and Qufu is not a simple tourist city.
As early as ancient times, early material civilizations were pioneered here, and the ruins of the Dawenkou culture" and the 'Longshan culture' prove this. It is an important birthplace and spiritual homeland of the Chinese nation, and several ancestors of the Chinese nation, Such as Taihao, Shaohao, Xuanyuan, Dayun, Dayu, etc., were also born in Qufu and nearby areas, "Three Emperors and Five Emperors", four of whom have left traces of activities here.
However, Qufu has been rated as one of the "three holy cities in the world", in the final analysis, it is still inseparable from Confucius (the first of the world's top ten saints) and Confucian culture, the United Nations Confucius Education Award and the global confucius ceremony is held in Qufu, it is known as the "Holy City of the East", "Cultural Capital", the birthplace of China's culture that has lasted for more than 2,000 years, and the "Jerusalem of the East".