Your tour guide will pick you up from your Jinan city hotels lobby and take you to Jinan Railway Station. You will take the morning train to Qufu which takes about 40 minutes. Upon arrival, you will travel to the Temple of Confucius directly (approx. 20 minutes drive).

Votre premier arrêt est le temple de Confucius qui a été construit en 478 avant JC pour commémorer Confucius. Le temple a été reconstruit au fil des siècles. Au total, il a subi 15 rénovations majeures, 31 grandes réparations et de nombreuses petites mesures de construction. Plus de 300 bâtiments ont été érigés sous les dynasties Jin, Yuan, Ming et Qing. Le temple a été construit selon les spécifications des palais impériaux avec des tuiles jaunes et des murs peints en rouge, ils sont entourés de pins vert foncé pour créer un contraste de couleurs avec des couleurs complémentaires.

Promenez-vous dans les salles et les cours avec votre guide, découvrez la signification symbolique de l'architecture, admirez la statue de Confucius, visitez les tablettes de pierre, les stèles et les pavillons, découvrez l'expérience de vie de Confucius et de nombreux autres éléments historiques et culturels liés à Confucius et à la culture de Confucius.

Then, walk through the small market continue to explore the Kong Family Mansion.The descendants of Confucius live here and they were in charge of conducting elaborate religious ceremonies on occasions such as plantings, harvests, honoring the dead, and birthdays. The first mansion was built in 1038 and was originally connected directly to the temple。

The family mansion was inhabited by descendants of Confucius until 1937.Today, the mansion comprises 152 buildings with 480 rooms.

Enjoy a lunch in the near by restaurant, then enjoy a short ride either by car or tuktuk to Confucius Cemetery.  Confucian Cemetery has served as the family graveyard of Confucius and his descendants for more than two thousand years. It is the largest, oldest, and best-preserved single-family cemetery in China. This final resting place of Confucius and his descendants is commonly known as the Forest of Confucius because of the large number of trees, over 20,000, planted with numerous tombstones, temples, pavilions and sculptures. There are about 3,600 tombstones dating from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties still standing in the cemetery. After the tour finished, your tour guide will take you to Qufu Railway Station and travel together back to your hotel in Jinan.