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Culture in China | Explore the imprint of Confucian culture with a thousand-year-old history

author:Jining News Network
Culture in China | Explore the imprint of Confucian culture with a thousand-year-old history

Today, the CCTV news channel's "News Live Room" column, with the title of "Cultural China Tour, Exploring the Confucian Cultural Imprint of Millennial History", used nearly 4 minutes to report that in recent years, Jining has protected and developed the "old three holes" at the same time, innovated to create the "new three holes", organically integrated traditional culture and modern technology, and allowed tourists to feel the important enlightenment contained in Confucianism in practice.

For more than 2,000 years, the Confucianism founded by Confucius and the Confucianism developed on this basis have had a profound impact on Chinese civilization and are an important part of traditional Chinese culture. Walk into Qufu, Shandong Province, and feel the enlightenment contained in Confucianism.

Qufu was the capital of Lu and the hometown of Confucius. The Confucian Mansion, Confucian Temple and Confucian Forest in Qufu, collectively referred to as the "Three Holes" of Qufu, were included in the World Cultural Heritage List by the United Nations in 1994. The rich cultural accumulation, long history, grand scale, rich collection of cultural relics, as well as scientific and artistic value, have become an important carrier for young people from all over the world.

Culture in China | Explore the imprint of Confucian culture with a thousand-year-old history

Ms. Ming, a tourist from Henan: I also want children to inherit culture. After thousands of years of inheritance, we can feel the vastness of culture more realistically.

Culture in China | Explore the imprint of Confucian culture with a thousand-year-old history

The Confucian Temple in the shade of green trees, once the former residence of Confucius, has a history of more than 2,400 years, from ancient times to the present nearly 100 times to increase and expand, is one of the three major ancient buildings in China, the yellow tile Zhulan, the momentum is magnificent, the light is bright. The Confucian Mansion adjacent to the Confucian Temple is the residence of the Confucius lineage. Konglin is the resting place of Confucius and his descendants, the stele is like a forest, the stone instrument is a group, it is the longest continuous age, the largest area, the most complete preserved clan cemetery in the mainland.

For more than 2,000 years, the sage Confucius has become the "teacher of all ages", and the Confucianism founded by Confucius and the Confucianism developed on this basis have had a profound impact on Chinese civilization.

Culture in China | Explore the imprint of Confucian culture with a thousand-year-old history

Yang Chaoming, professor of the Institute for Advanced Study of Confucianism and former director of the Confucius Institute of Shandong University: If we want to understand China, we must understand Confucius, and the most convenient way to understand Confucius is to enter the "three holes". "Three Holes" is actually a living picture book of Confucian culture.

Culture in China | Explore the imprint of Confucian culture with a thousand-year-old history

For thousands of years, Confucianism has embodied the social ideal of "the road is the road, the world is for the public", the political concept of "virtue for the government, benevolence and love for the people", the people-oriented thought of "the people are only the foundation of the country, and the foundation is solid and the state is peaceful", the feelings of the family and the country of "cultivating the peace and applying it to the world", and the moral proposition of "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, filial piety and loyalty" have not only had a profound impact on China's development, but also made significant contributions to the progress of human civilization.

Culture in China | Explore the imprint of Confucian culture with a thousand-year-old history

Today, Confucius's General Interpretation of the Family Language and the Interpretation of the Analects of Confucius, two authoritative commentaries on the Confucian classics, have been translated into more than 10 languages, including English, Korean, and French, and have entered 38 countries including the United States, South Korea, and Kyrgyzstan.

Culture in China | Explore the imprint of Confucian culture with a thousand-year-old history

Armenian tourist Nareh: We have heard about Confucius and his significance to traditional Chinese culture for a long time, so we especially want to visit and understand, today our whole family, and friends, we all like it very much, I will learn more in the future, it is great that China has a sage like Confucius.

Culture in China | Explore the imprint of Confucian culture with a thousand-year-old history

With the rules of the ancients, open your own life. On the basis of protecting the "old three holes" of Confucius Temple, Confucius Mansion and Confucius Forest, the ancient city of Qufu has built the Confucius Research Institute, Confucius Museum, and the "New Three Holes" of Nishan Holy Realm.

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