【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 friends may have known a lot about qufuand confucius, but some of them didn39。t know much about them. now, before i enterthe scenic spots, i39。d like to briefly introduce qufu and confucius.qufu is located in the southwest of shandong province, china. there are620000 people in qufu, including an urban population of 100000 and an area of890 square kilometers. the word qufu first appeared in erya. ying shaoexplained in the eastern han dynasty that there was a fu in the city of lu, andweiqu was seven or eight li long, so it was named qufu. in 1012, the fifthyear of dazhongxiangfu, emperor zhenzong of the song dynasty, in order tomemorate the birth of xuanyuan yellow emperor, the ancestor of the chinesenation, in qufu, he once changed his name to xianyuan county. in 1129, emperortaizong of the jin dynasty renamed qufu, which is still in use today. qufu is asmall city. however, qufu is also an ancient city with 5000 years ofcivilization and culture. in this sacred and ancient land, there are four peopleleft traces of the three emperors and five emperors in ancient chinese ing to historical records, emperor century and other historical records,the yellow emperor was born in shouqiu, shaohao ascended the throne from thepoor sang, called qufu as the capital, and was buried in yunyang mountain. now,eight miles east of qufu, there is still a pyramid tomb, shaohao is a chinese saying that people go to the top, water flows to thebottom. can we understand that our ancestors of the chinese nation migratedfrom here, from the middle and lower reaches of the yellow river to the centralplains, to the loess plateau, while our mother39。s rivers, the yellow river andthe yangtze river, galloped down from the loess plateau, and finally flowed intothe sea in fact, most of the sages in jiangbei came from qufu. in the feudaltimes of china, there were six saints granted by the emperor. they wereconfucius, mencius, fushengyanzi, shushengzisi, zongshengzengzi andyuanshengzhougong. the first four were born in qufu. the last two were disciplesof confucius and fiefdoms in qufu. zhougong was the king of the state of lu for33 generations, and shandong has been called lu since then. now there are manycultural relics in qufu, including 4 national cultural relics, 11 provincialrelics and more than 100 municipal relics. in 1982, qufu was announced by thestate council as one of the first batch of 24 historical and cultural cities inchina. in 1994, qufu39。s three confucius was officially listed as a worldcultural heritage by the united nations. because of its important contributionto oriental culture, many people call qufu one of the three holy cities in theworld: oriental mecca. here, you have to ponder, but also can not helpfeeling, because here is deeply rooted in the chinese nation, deeply rooted intraditional chinese culture.dear friends, in china, in the east, a land with a history of 5000 years ofcivilization, you may not understand the inscriptions on bronzes, or what thehuman head and animal body represent or symbolize. however, when you walk intothe life of the chinese people and walk on the ancient land where the chinesenation thrives and works to create, you can feel and touch the confucian culturein the daily life of the chinese people, and then you can experience thedifferences between the chinese people and other nationalities in their way oflife, customs and ideals. no matter from which angle or level you explore thepersonality and character of the chinese nation, it is not difficult to find thegene of confucian culture. in the long process of historical evolution,confucian culture has almost bee the synonym of chinese traditional founder of confucian culture is confucius.confucius was born in 551 . and died in 479 . at the age of 73. whenconfucius was 3 years old, his father uncle liang he died. when he was 16 yearsold, his mother yan zheng died. young confucius became an orphan and began hislife of making a living, studying and struggling alone in a hierarchical feudalsociety.as a young man, confucius studied hard and asked questions frequently. inhis youth, he mastered the six arts of etiquette, music, archery, imperial,calligraphy and mathematics, and then mastered the six classics of poetry,calligraphy, etiquette, music, changes and spring and autumn, which laid thefoundation for the establishment of confucian culture.at the age of 30, confucius set up a school to teach students, and began along education career. he was the first to give private lectures in china, toface the public, and to advocate education without discrimination. he becamethe first great educator in china and the world.when confucius was 51 years old, he became a magistrate of zhongdu , he worked as a prime minister in lu. however, not long after that, heresigned and left the state of lu to begin his 14 year tour of othercountries.when confucius returned to the state of lu at the age of 68, he devotedalmost all his energy to teaching and literature collation until his ius39。s life is a life of wandering and suffering, a life of hard work andencouragement, a life of spring breeze and rain, a life of cultivating talents,a life of writing books and writing stories, and a life of saving the , although his body has gone up in smoke and ashes, his thoughts havepenetrated into the hearts of every oriental. he has cast the personality andcharacter of the chinese nation. with the development of history and socialprogress, confucius will also guide mankind to stride into the 21st century.there are many cultural relics and tourist attractions in qufu, most ofwhich are related to confucius and confucius culture. now we are located in thesouth gate of the ancient city of qufuming. to the north of the gate is theconfucius temple, which is known as one of the three ancient buildings in are four characters wanren palace wall above the gate. ren is an ancientunit of length, one ren is about 8 feet. it is said that some