Source: China Central Radio and Television International Online
International online Shandong channel news: majestic temples, thousand-year-old trees, quiet ancient alleys, countless historical and cultural heritage tell Qufu's thousand-year past.
On November 19, "Hello, Confucius| Hi, Confucius" international net celebrity Nishan study activity walked into Qufu Confucius Temple and Confucius Mansion, and visited the sacred land of Nishan.
Among the green bricks and gray tiles, in the stone carving stele workshop, the study experience group walked into the Temple of Confucius in the misty drizzle, looked at the pines and cypresses full of eyes, patiently listened to the explanation of the tour guide, and savored the Confucian culture that has been precipitated for thousands of years.
Standing in front of the Jinsheng Yuzhen Archway, at a glance, the Taihe Yuanqi Gate, the Holy Time Gate, the Hongdao Gate, the Dazhong Gate, the Dacheng Gate, and the Dacheng Hall are magnificent and solemn.
Confucius Temple, also known as the Most Holy Temple, is a temple dedicated to Confucius, together with the Forbidden City in Beijing and Chengde Mountain Resort in Hebei, it is known as China's three major ancient building complexes, integrating history, architecture, culture, art, calligraphy, stone carvings, ancient wood, cultural relics and relics.
"This tree must have been through a lot of stories." Martin from Uzbekistan touched the imprints on the ancient trees and said with emotion, "In the Confucius House and Confucius Temple, I am most interested in the ancient tree, and the imprint on the tree shows that it has experienced a lot of things and has a long history." ”
The long history and splendid culture have left a glorious cultural heritage for Qufu. There are more than 800 cultural relics of various types in the territory, including more than 1,300 ancient buildings of the Jinyuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, more than 5,000 inscriptions of the Western Han Dynasty, more than 17,000 ancient trees and famous trees, more than 110,000 cultural relics in the library, and more than 260,000 documents and archives of the Ming and Qing dynasties of the Confucius Palace.
Located on the east side of the Confucius Temple, the Confucius Mansion, also known as the "First in the World", is the office and mansion of the hereditary Yansheng Duke of Confucius, and is a huge complex of official and inner residences.
Entering the Confucius Mansion, the buildings, rooms, halls, and halls are scattered, the corridors, pavilions, platforms, and pavilions are orderly, the carved beams are painted, the eaves are painted, and the rare trees and stones are everywhere.
"Unlike the modern architecture I have seen in China in the past, I have seen a lot of ancient Chinese buildings here, which are unique in style, eye-catching, and have a feeling of traveling through time and space." Zheng Zewei from Nigeria said.
In the Nishan Holy Land, the study experience group stepped across the Panshui Bridge, walked through Jinsheng Yuzhen Square, climbed the University Hall, listened to the whistle, immersed in the "hand-reading Analects", and experienced the perfect combination of Confucian wisdom and modern architectural art up close.
Nishan, the birthplace of Confucius. "So high!" "It's unbelievable!" As soon as they entered the Nishan Holy Realm, the study experience group was shocked by the 72-meter-high Confucius statue.
Nishan Shengjing University Hall condenses thousands of years of Chinese architectural culture and ancient construction craftsmanship, such as truss beams, cornices, and Dongyu Danqing, gathering Dongyang wood carving, Suzhou embroidery, Shanxi clay sculpture, Jingdezhen porcelain panel painting, Fuzhou lacquer painting and other classic Chinese arts, as well as traditional Chinese crafts such as raw lacquer rebirth, Yangzhou lacquer art, gold and silver mistakes, etc., showing the continuity and timelessness of Chinese civilization everywhere.
In the university hall, the study experience group changed into Han costumes and watched the "Guiren of the World" light show, which integrates light and shadow performances, dream books, and ancient tunes, and danced with light and shadow, feeling the supreme realm of "benevolent people, with all things in heaven and earth as one"; In the atmosphere of Ren Hall's bookishness, he quietly stopped talking and completed his "hand-reading Analects" work.
"Confucius's Analects says, 'If you learn without thinking, you will be ignorant, and if you do not learn, you will perish', and 'Do not do unto others what you do not want.'" Lydia from Kenya danced her Han clothes sleeves and followed Confucius's famous sayings, "This is my second time in Nishan Holy Realm, and I feel that every time I come, I have a new harvest." (Wen Hou Yanyan)