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Confucius Mansions
China, an East Asian country is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. It has a vast cultural history of more than five thousand years and an outstanding natural beauty. On the other hand, this country has remained a comparatively isolated and secluded one, and being a land of mystery, this country is not known to the western half of the world. However, China is rapidly developing and has grown in the phase of modernization, with an immense speed and is also welcoming the outer world to interact and do business with them.
Confucius Mansions were built over 2,000 years ago to house Confucius descendants, the Kong family. It is a noble manor representing the typical government with inner house in Chinese feudal society. With an area of more than 240 mu, measurement units, the Confucius' Mansion has 463 halls, main rooms, buildings, lofts and all kinds of constructions, the mansions are split into 3 sections, central, eastern and western. In the backyard are the charming gardens.
Bordering the inner house, at the front, is the government section 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, at the back is the inner house, up front there are the house and hall building and at the back there are the hall building and five rooms.
The central area was the living quarters and offices, such as the Zhongshu Hall, the Anhuai Hall. In the western layout is the place where Confucius studied knowledge, poem, etiquette and created and sang poems with his descendants the south and north flower halls treated guests.
The family shrines are in the eastern part such as the Baoben Hall and the Peach Temple, etc. The complex showcases a large collection of rare treasures and ancient books. The mansion stores more than 9,000 volumes of valuable Kong family archives from 1534 to 1948 and great quantities of rare and precious cultural and historical relics.
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