--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
SPORTS
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Chinese Women
Film in China
War on Poverty
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service
China Calendar
Telephone and
Postal Codes


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies

Online marketplace of Manufacturers & Wholesalers
New Museums Open in Hometown of Confucius

Eight new museums opened in the ancient city of Qufu in east China's Shandong Province Tuesday, adding more cultural flavor to this hometown of Confucius, a great thinker and educator in ancient China.

 

The eight museums respectively house Chinese and foreign drinking vessels, badges of late Chairman Mao Zedong, paintings and stone figures, Chinese coupons, Chinese and foreign currencies and coins, old photos of Confucius' family, sculptures of sages and men of virtue, and the ancient city of Qufu.

 

Qufu City also plans to build a museum to Number One Scholars and a museum for folklore to bring more traditional Chinese culture to Qufu.

 

The ancient city of Qufu was built between 1512 and 1522 during the Ming Dynasty (1644-1911). The city wall of ancient Qufu is 5,339 meters long, about eight meters wide at the bottom and 4.5 meters wide at the top, and nine meters high.

 

The Ming dynasty city of Qufu remained one of the best-preserved ancient cities in China until the mid-1970s. The city wall was demolished in 1978 and rebuilt from March of 2002 to September last year.

 

(Xinhua News Agency September 28, 2005)

Confucius's Hometown Renovated
Chinese, Singaporean Universities Join Hands in Setting up Confucius Institute
Confucius, Mencius' Hometown Welcomes Construction Plan from Overseas Chinese
Confucius Tree Carved into Treasure
China to Establish First Confucius College in Western Europe
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688