Confucius museum to be built in Shandong
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Construction on a Confucius museum recently began in Confucius' hometown, the county-level city of Qufu, Shandong province.
With an investment of 500 million yuan (US$79.4 million), the museum will cover 56,135 square meters, according to the Jining Tourist Information Center.
A total of 110,000 pieces of cultural relics and 260,000 archived materials about Confucius and his families will be showcased when the museum is completed.
Confucius (551-479 BC), an educator and philosopher, founded a school of thought called Confucianism that deeply influenced later generations. In fact he is the first great teacher who carried out large scale education which was open to all people regardless of being poor or rich.
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