MyHometown——Jining

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It’sagoodplaceforyoutorelaxyourselfandgetclosetonaturebecauseofitscomfortableclimateandbeautifulenvironment.It’sagoodplaceforyoutoeducateyourselfforyoucanwalkintoConfucius’hometownandfeeltheConfucianismbyyourself.It’salsoagoodplaceforyoutounderstandourlonghistorybecausealotofbeautifulstorieshappenedhere.Nowpleaseletmeintroduceyouthecharmingcity.

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QufuThreeKongs：TempleofConfucius孔廟ConfuciusMansion孔府ConfucianCemetery孔林Second

WeishanhuLakeandLiangshanTempleofConfuciusThecomplexisthesecondlargesthistoricalbuildingcomplexinChina.Itcoversanareaof16,000squaremetersandhasatotalof460rooms.Themainpartofthetempleconsistsof9courtyardsarrangedonacentralaxis（軸線）,whichisoriented（定…的方位）inthenorth-southdirectionandis1,3kminlength.TempleofConfuciusMainbuildings:TheKuiwenHall(奎文閣）TheXingTanPavilion(杏壇）TheDachengHall(大成殿）TheHallofConfucius’wife(寢殿）TheshengjiHall(圣跡殿）TheDachengHall

It’sthemostprincipalbuildingandservedastheprincipalplaceforofferingsacrifices(祭品)tothememoryofConfucius.Itissupportedby28richlydecoratedpillars(柱子),the10columns(圓柱)onthefrontsideofthehallaredecoratedwithcoileddragons.

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ItcommemoratesConfuciusteachinghisstudentsunderanapricottreeKongFamilymansionThedescendantsofConfuciuslivedintheKongfamilymansionlocatedtotheeastofthetemple.Theywereinchargeoftendingtothetempleandcemetery..Today,themansioncomprises152buildingswith480rooms,whichcoveranareaof12,470squaremetres.Inparticular,theywereinchargeofconductingreligiousceremoniesonoccasionssuchasplantings,harvests,honoringthedead,andbirthdays.

CemeteryofConfucius

郭沫若曾說(shuō)：“這是一個(gè)很好的自然博物館，也是孔氏家族的一部編年史”。TheCemeteryofConfuciusliestothenorthofthetownofQufu,theoldestgravesfoundinthislocationdatebacktotheZhouDynasty.TheoriginaltombstandinghereinmemoryofConfuciusonthebankoftheSishuiRiver.TombsforthedescendantsofConfuciusandadditionalstela(石碑)tocommemoratehimweresoonaddedaroundConfucius'tomb.Morethan10,000maturetreesgivethecemeteryaforest-likeappearance.CemeteryofConfuciusInternationalConfuciusculturefestival

國(guó)際孔子文化節(jié)EachyearatQufuandatmanyotherConfuciantemplesaceremonyisheldonSeptember28tocommemorateConfucius'birthday.國(guó)際孔子文化節(jié)WeishanhuLakeWeishanhuLakeAsthelargestfresh-waterlakeinthenorthernpartofourcountry,WeishanLakeislikealongandnarrowribbon（帶）,lyingintheboundaryofShanDongandJiangSuProvince.Thelakeissurroundedbywoods,reeds（蘆葦）,andlotusesponds（荷花池塘）;fishingboatsfloatbeneathsunsetsassmokerisesfromkitchenchimneys（煙囪）andfishinggirlsplaythetraditionallute（傳統(tǒng)琵琶）.Itisascenealmostpicturedperfect.Amongwhich,milesofdazzlinglotusesarethehighlightsinthelake.NaturalresourcesWeishanhuLakeisrichinnaturalresources.Thereisprofusionoffishes,shrimps（小蝦米）,aquaticplants,birdsetc.Itisnotexaggeratedtocallitthenaturalmuseum.

SpecialitySpecialitySpeciality八百里水泊梁山MountLiangwaslocatedattheextremenorthofwhatbecameknownasthe"eighthundredlimoorageofMountLiang".梁山好漢Itisknownthatbandit（強(qiáng)盜）wereactiveintheareaduringtheNorthernSong,SomeofthebanditsonMountLiangshanpreyed（掠奪s）electivelyupontherichandbecameknownas“righteousbandits”(yifei義匪).Legends（傳奇故事）abouttheheroesofMountLiangshan,whichprovidedthebasisfortheWaterMargin（水滸傳）,probablyformedfromthishistoricalcontext.Apartfromunderstandingthelegendarystoryofheroesandeducatedbythough