1, Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong Province: Qufu is the hometown of Confucius, and Qufu Confucius Temple is the home temple of Confucius, the largest and earliest Confucius Temple and the birthplace of Confucius Temple. Qufu Confucius Temple is located in the south gate of Qufu City, Shandong Province. Due to the continuous renovation and expansion of emperors, it now covers an area of about 95,000 square meters, and the main hall Dacheng Hall was inscribed by Yong Zhengdi in the Qing Dynasty. The Confucius Temple in Qufu has become an ancient architectural complex second only to the Forbidden City, and it is a model of large-scale temple architecture in ancient China.

2. Beijing Confucius Temple Andingmen Guozijian Street 13 is the place where Confucius was sacrificed in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Confucius was once honored as "Great Sage", so he was also called the Temple of the First Teacher. Now it is the seat of the Capital Museum. After many expansions and renovations in Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Confucius Temple in Beijing has formed its present scale and layout, but its structure still retains the architectural style of Yuan Dynasty. Confucius Temple was built in Dade six years in Yuan Dynasty (1302), covering an area of about 22,000 square meters, with a history of 708 years.

3. The Confucius Temple in Deyang, Sichuan is a well-preserved large-scale Confucian temple with strong local characteristics in western China. Known as "a Xichuan of Deyang Confucian Temple", it was announced by the State Council in June 20001year. It is a national key cultural relics protection unit. The existing building area is 20,800 square meters, which is the basic pattern of the Qing Dynasty. With southern architectural style, it has unique local characteristics compared with the ordinary wooden workshops of Confucius Temple in inland county. The back garden of the Confucian temple is well preserved, which is extremely rare in the Confucian temple.

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According to preliminary statistics, by the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were more than 500 Confucius Temples/KLOC-0 in states, counties and counties all over the country. There are 9 Confucius temples preserved in Guangxi and 3 in Yulin, and Xingye Confucius Temple is one of them.

"Thousands of years of rites and music belong to Donglu, and people have been wearing clothes to worship the king since ancient times." The influence of Confucius' theory on China's ideological circle can be described as "morality and heaven" and "Taoism and antiquity". Confucius Temple is a symbol of the common culture of the Chinese nation and the spiritual world of our Chinese sons and daughters. Traditional respect for China people's feelings and concepts, such as respect for religion, respect for teachers and respect for the country, has been integrated into the blood of China people and infiltrated into the souls of China people. Where the style of writing rises, there must be temples dedicated to Confucius.

Reference materials People's Daily Online-Historical Track of Confucius Temple