The gardens and grounds are very peaceful and well kept,including trees that Confucius himself had planted. His home and its other buildings in the compound are open to see how the family had lived. The property also includes his burial momument. More

I visited the Confucius Temple, Cemetery and Mansion a few days ago with business colleagues. Despite the weather being cold and dreary, the sites were fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable. They are well kept and there is reasonably good signage including maps and brief descriptions of each major building/exhibit. As with most old sites like this much has been restored/reconstructed, but... More

walking around the 3 sites, you have the feel of something grand and important. Confucius' thoughts were shunned during his lifetime, but later came to be the foundation of all Asian thinking and politics. Just dont come here during a national holiday!! More

Qufu is the hometown of Confucius who is a great philosopher of goodness almost 2000 years ago. My favourite quote was 'What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others. In Mandarin, 己所不欲，勿施于人. Travelling to Qufu will take about 2 hours by car from Jinan. The journey will include the Confucius temple, mansion and cemetery. Strange... More

Out of all the places me and my partner visited in our 3 month trip of China, Qufu was the biggest dissapointment and the most expensive! Qufu was highly recommended in our guidebook for having this amazing confucius temple and basically being a wonderful town to spend a couple of days! The temple alone cost 90rmb entry or you could... More