Cheng Si: Perhaps in the history of mankind, there has never been an intellectual like Kong Qiu (AD 55 1-479) in China.

Confucius was a native of Lu (Qufu) in the Spring and Autumn Period. Born in 552 BC, he died in 479 BC at the age of 73. When Confucius was three years old, his father Shu died, and when 16 years old, his mother Yan Zhizai died. The young Confucius became an orphan and began his life of making a living, studying and struggling alone in a hierarchical feudal society. Confucius studied hard by himself, and was diligent and literate. In his youth, he mastered the six arts of ritual music, archery, bending, calligraphy and mathematics, and then mastered the contents of poetry, calligraphy, ritual, music, the Book of Changes and the Spring and Autumn Six Classics, which laid the foundation for him to establish Confucian culture.

Confucius Temple is a temple built by later generations to worship Confucius. It was built in 478 BC, the year after the death of Confucius. Covering an area of 327.5 mu, it imitates the palace system and is divided into nine courtyards, which are symmetrically arranged left and right. Confucius Temple is magnificent, huge in area, with a long history and well-preserved. It is the only isolated case in the history of world architecture. From the foundation to the further development of later generations: Hongdaomen, which was built in the 10th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1377), Chenghua Monument, which was built in the 4th year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty (1468), and the inscriptions of Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties all show that Confucius Temple is accompanied by a long history in China. In the East, a land with a history of 5,000 years of civilization, you may not understand the inscriptions on bronzes, and you may not understand what heads and animal bodies represent. However, when you walk into the life of China people and walk on the land where the Chinese nation thrives, you can feel and get in touch with the Confucian cultural atmosphere revealed by the people of China in their daily lives. No matter from which angle and level to explore the character and character of the Chinese nation, it is not difficult to find the genes of Confucian culture. In the long history, Confucian culture has almost become synonymous with traditional nouns in China. Therefore, Confucius Temple is not only a precious ancient architectural complex, but also a treasure house of cultural spirit.

Confucius Temple recorded different developments in different periods and people's propaganda of his beliefs. There are buildings in the Confucius Temple in Qing Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Song Dynasty. They built different worlds and different craftsmen, but they all complemented each other and formed a whole. In the Confucius Temple, you can see a part of the development history of feudal society in China. This is the difference between Confucius and temples: material and spiritual coexist.