The Confucius' Mansion is located in Qufu, Shandong Province, its west is connected with the Confucian Temple.
The Confucius' Mansion is also called "Yansheng Master Mansion". It is the living place of closely related descendants generation after generation. It is the largest popular mansion next to the imperial palaces of Ming and Qing Dynasty in China. No matter the construction layout or the collection of cultural relics all claim "the first mansion in the world".
The Confucius' Mansion was built in the first year of Kaibao in Song Dynasty in 1038. It is a noble manor combined the typical government with inner house in Chinese feudal society. With an area of more than 240 mu, the Confucius' Mansion has 463 halls, main rooms, buildings, lofts and so forth all kinds of constructions, divided into east, west and center three layouts.
The east are house temples, there are the Baoben Hall, the Peach Temple and etc. West is academy, it is the place that Confucius studied knowledge, poem and etiquette and created and sang poems with his descendants and treated guests, they are the Zhongshu Hall, the Anhuai Hall and south and north flower halls treated guests. Center is the main body of the Confucius' Mansion.
As the border of inner house, front is the government having three halls and six main rooms (the Largest Hall, the Second Largest Hall, the Third Largest Hall, the Guangou Main Room, the Baihu Main Room, the Zhiyin Main Room, the Zhangshu Main Room, the Dianji Main Room and the Sile Main Room), back is the inner house, there are front up house, front hall building, back hall building and back five rooms.
The backyard is the garden of Confucius' Mansion, it is the place that the successive Yansheng Masters and family members had a rest, chatted and enjoyed themselves. The flowers and trees are all cultivated meticulously. The surroundings of the backyard are very beautiful and scenery is graceful.
In the two East Rooms there are a lot of precious furniture, pearls, gold wares, silk and paintings. On the wall hang the peony drawings by Mei Lanfang, Kong Decheng's wedding photo and family photo. At the end of the private residences is the garden, which was built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and rebuilt in the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It is also called Iron Hill Garden because of an iron hill in the garden. In the garden there are flowers, vines, pools, hills that are of peculiar design and elegant taste. There are also 5 Gentleman Cypresses, each with 5 branches. The 5 cypresses encircle a Japanese pagoda tree. This is a wonder of over 400 years.
The Confucian Mansion treasures up many books and documents from the 13th year (1534) of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty to 1948. From 1949 to today, over 9000 volumes (over 300,000 pieces) have been arranged. These files reflect the political, economic and cultural condition of Ming, Qing dynasties and the Republic of China from different angles. Therefore, they are important materials for the research into China's feudal system in the later period. Moreover, in the Confucian Mansion there are over 10,000 jewelries and clothes bestowed by emperors of Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Among them one crown of the Yuan Dynasty is especially precious because it is the only one in China today.
Admission Fee:
Feb. 16 - Nov. 14: CNY 60 CNY 150 for through ticket of Kong Lin, Kong Miao and Kong Fu; Nov. 15 - the next Feb. 15: CNY 50 CNY 130 for through ticket of Kong Lin, Kong Miao and Kong Fu
The Confucius' Mansion was built in the first year of Kaibao in Song Dynasty in 1038. It is a noble manor combined the typical government with inner house in Chinese feudal society. With an area of more than 240 mu, the Confucius' Mansion has 463 halls, main rooms, buildings, lofts and so forth all kinds of constructions, divided into east, west and center three layouts.
In the two East Rooms there are a lot of precious furniture, pearls, gold wares, silk and paintings. On the wall hang the peony drawings by Mei Lanfang, Kong Decheng's wedding photo and family photo. At the end of the private residences is the garden, which was built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and rebuilt in the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It is also called Iron Hill Garden because of an iron hill in the garden. In the garden there are flowers, vines, pools, hills that are of peculiar design and elegant taste. There are also 5 Gentleman Cypresses, each with 5 branches. The 5 cypresses encircle a Japanese pagoda tree. This is a wonder of over 400 years.