The temple, cemetery and family mansion of Confucius, the great philosopher, politician and educator of the 6th–5th centuries B.C., are located at Qufu, in Shandong Province. Built to commemorate him ...

Ceremonial undertakers perform celebratory rituals for Confucius’ birthday at the ancient Confucius Temple in Nanjing, China. (Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty Images) On Sept. 28, millions ...

33 Sidebar: How many Buddhist, Taoist, Confucian and folk religious sites are there in China today? For various reasons, it is unclear exactly how many traditional Chinese worship sites (temples and ...

Today Confucius’s temple, cemetery, and family mansion are UNESCO World Heritage sites as well, as popular tourist and pilgrimage destinations. The Temple of Confucius was built shortly after ...

Among more than three hundred historical sites here, the most famous are Temple of Confucius (Kongmiao), Confucius Mansion (Kongfu), and Forest of Confucius (Konglin). One year after Confucius ...

When you talk about Wuwei, the well-known Matafeiyan, a bronze galloping horse's hoof stepping on a flying swallow, unearthed ...

Confucius taught and is buried here in Shandong Province, China. The memorial gate is in the Qufu temple district. Photograph by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Let’s scroll ...