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| SHANDONG PROVINCE | |
| Mount Tai outstands in Shandong Province. When Confucius sighed on the top, the cultural and thoughts had been stretched in China. | |
| Photo Story |
| Decorate 'Gugu' | Photo by : Yang Xiangdong | ||||||
| Gugu is a kind of image, which is used to be some symbol for girls to pray happy lives. On traditional Chinese calendar January 15, girls in boudoir to make and decorate a image, on which they hide their wishes to get good marriage. | |||||||
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| Yangge Dance | Photo by : Liu Zhigang | ||||||
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| World Heritage |
| MOUNT TAI | ||||
| The sacred Mount Tai ('shan' means 'mountain') was the object of an imperial cult for nearly 2,000 years, and the artistic masterpieces found there are in perfect harmony with the natural landscape. It has always been a source of inspiration for Chinese artists and scholars and symbolizes ancient Chinese civilizations and beliefs. | ||||
| CONFUCIUS TEMPLE | ||||
| The temple, cemetery and family mansion of Confucius, the great philosopher, politician and educator of the 6th-5th centuries B.C., are located at Qufu, in Shandong Province. Built to commemorate him in 478 B.C., the temple has been destroyed and reconstructed over the centuries; today it comprises more than 100 buildings. The cemetery contains Confucius' tomb and the remains of more than 100,000 of his descendants. The small house of the Kong family developed into a gigantic aristocratic residence, of which 152 buildings remain. The Qufu complex of monuments has retained its outstanding artistic and historic character due to the devotion of successive Chinese emperors over more than 2,000 years. | ||||