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I spent a day at the Confucius Temple in Qufu and found this place. It's not a big place, and it seems to highlight the story of Meng Mu's three moves. I wanted to hire a guide, but I had to wait. So I just took a walk and enjoyed the gardens.

I spent a day at the Confucius Temple in Qufu and found this place. It&#39;s not a big place, and it seems to highlight the story of Meng Mu&#39;s three moves. I wanted to hire a guide, but I had to wait. So I just took a walk and enjoyed the gardens.

Mencius Temple and Residence, a National 4A-level scenic spot, is not particularly crowded, with a relatively comfortable flow of visitors. Built in the Northern Song Dynasty, the temple is the main structure dedicated to Mencius and is well-preserved, offering a great place to learn about his life, major activities, and deeds. Audio guides are available online or at the scenic area for a detailed tour. The parking lot is conveniently located right at the entrance, though spaces are limited, making parking difficult for large groups of visitors.

It is much smaller than the Confucius Mansion, but there are fewer people, so it is worth a visit. There are many species of green plants in the Meng Mansion, and those who like plants should not miss it. One of them is a 300-year-old osmanthus tree that blooms every April, and the fragrance spreads ten miles.

Take bus No. 236 from Zoucheng Station to get there. Zoucheng also has various shared electric bikes.
Mengfu Meng Temple💰35, Mengfu Meng Temple is full of ancient trees, there are countless ancient trees from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and there are also everything from the Tang, Song and Yuan dynasties. There are a large number of inscriptions in Mengfu Meng Temple. Mengfu Meng Temple has few people but many attractions. It is better to come to Zoucheng to take beautiful photos than to go to Qufu. Mengfu Meng Temple is two attractions, one ticket is valid. It is recommended to go to Meng Temple first, the exit is Mengfu, and you don&#39;t have to go back.

20221009 Afternoon (Meng Mansion): 
1. &quot;Meng Mansion&quot; is the residence where the direct descendants of Mencius live, and it is only one street away from the &quot;Meng Temple&quot;. Because Mencius was conferred the title of &quot;Second Sage Duke of Zou State&quot; in the second year of Zhishun reign of Emperor Wenzong of Yuan Dynasty (1331), the Mencius Mansion is also called &quot;Second Sage Mansion&quot;. The scenic area is accessible by bus and is easy to park by car. If you need an explanation, you need to go to the &quot;Tourist Service Center&quot; at the entrance of Meng Temple. The fee is 100 yuan, which includes the official explanation of Meng Temple and Meng Temple. The Meng Mansion was first built in the late Song Dynasty (according to the &quot;Meng Family Ancestral Monument&quot; dated 1373, the sixth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, it is inferred that the Meng Mansion was built during the Jingyou period of the Northern Song Dynasty, but the exact year is unknown). It has a history of about 800 years. It was relatively small when it was first built, and then it underwent generations of reconstruction and expansion. When the Meng Temple was relocated to the south of Zoucheng for the third time in the third year of Xuanhe in the Song Dynasty (1121), the Meng Mansion was moved to its current location on the west side of the Meng Temple. By the early Qing Dynasty, it had been established into its current rectangular seven-courtyard layout. With the main building &quot;Lobby&quot; as the boundary, the front is the government area, the middle is the inner residence area, and the back is the garden area. It is a front hall and back bedroom style house with a total of 148 rooms and covers an area of ​​about 60 acres.
2. A plaque with the words &quot;The Mansion of the Second Sage&quot; hangs in the middle of the door lintel, and a door god about 2 meters high is painted on the gate. There is a pair of horse-mounting stones and a pair of stone lions on both sides of the gate. There were originally &quot;Jingzhongfang&quot; and &quot;Jingbiaojiexiaofang&quot; on the east and west sides of the gate, but they were demolished during the Cultural Revolution and have not yet been restored. A vertical plaque with the words &quot;Imperial Edict&quot; is hung in the middle of the two archways. It was built by Ming Tianqi Emperor Zhu Youjiao to commend Mencius&#39; 60th-generation grandson, Meng Chengguang, the hereditary Doctor of the Five Classics in the Hanlin Academy (rank eight), his mother Kong, and his eldest son Meng Honglue (who was killed by the &quot;Wenxiang Sect&quot; peasant uprising army led by Xu Hongru in 1622, the second year of Ming Tianqi). The row of small brick houses on the east and west sides of the courtyard inside the palace gate were where the servants and guards lived in the past, and are currently used as shops. The &quot;Ceremony Gate&quot; in front consists of three doorways. The middle one is open for passage, while the ones on both sides are closed. They are painted with colorful images of civil officials holding hu tablets, looking majestic and solemn. The plaque on the lintel reads &quot;Li Men Yi Lu&quot;, which means that only gentlemen can walk on this road. The small path on the west side of the courtyard leads to the &quot;Front School&quot;. Together with the &quot;Back School&quot; located in the northwest corner of the mansion, it was the place where Meng Guangjun, the 70th generation grandson of Mencius and the hereditary nobleman, opened the &quot;Three Moves Academy&quot; during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty to recruit talented descendants of the Meng family for education. Later, it was gradually abandoned. Behind the ceremonial gate are the second and third courtyards, which are actually part of one large courtyard separated by the &quot;ceremonial gate&quot;. The ceremonial gate is located in the middle behind the second gate, with no walls connecting the two sides. It is similar to a screen or a hall door. The front and back of the wooden gate are decorated with four inverted flower buds, so it is also called the &quot;Dangling Flower Gate&quot;. This door is usually closed. It is only opened after 13 salutes during the ceremony of Meng Mansion, the emperor&#39;s visit, and the imperial edict. This kind of screen door is only built by the &quot;kings&quot; who are granted land and title in feudal society, so it is also called &quot;Saimen&quot;...

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