http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Shandong/Qufu/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Shandong , Qufu en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:33:59 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:33:59 UTC Thursday August 22 we left for our class bonding trip in China's Shandong Province. It's a six hour bus ride from Nanjing.We arrived to Tai'an city on Thursday. On Friday we visited Dai Miao the temple of the god of Mount Tai. After lunch we climbed Mount Tai 2788823665 Ti Sh257n It was a hard walk up the steps but beautiful at the top.On Saturday we woke up at 5AM to watch the s http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shandong/Qufu/blog-318874.html Qufu is famous for being the birthplace to the famous Chinese philosopher Confucius. It also houses the tomb of Confucius and as a result plans to build a train station in the small town were scrapped on the basis that trains would disturb his tomb. Let me start with a bit of an introduction to Confucianism. Whilst Confucianism is not really a religion and more a philosophy he is described and http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shandong/Qufu/blog-302066.html Qufu November 4thThis weekend we went to Qufu the birthplace of Confucius. Today itrsquos a wonderfully dilapidated mansion in the flat flat plains of the Chinese countryside. We travelled south for about an hour in a very plush modern bus to get to Qufu and were dropped off by a run of shops on a rural road. This bus did not go into the town of Qufu so we had to get a taxi the rest of the w http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shandong/Qufu/blog-222540.html Confucius Says. . . Not Much at All These DaysKong Fu Zi the venerable Master Kong Confucius is the Anglicised version of his name was born in the year 551 BC in the town of Qufu. He was an educated man who worked up from his lowly status he wasnrsquot from a rich family by any measure to very high official positions within the government of the time. He was renowned for being honest har http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shandong/Qufu/blog-197866.html VervoerEr ging slechts 1 bus per dag rechtstreeks van Qingzhou naar Qufu. Hij vertrok om 7u20 deed er 4uur30 over en kostte 49Y. Hij reed via Zibo Laiwu en Tai'an en kwam toe in het enige lange afstands busstation van Qufu. In Boshan kruisten we een bergketen waarop een van de oudste stukjes muur zou moeten liggen namelijk de Qi Muur die dateert van 685 voor Chr en lag tussen het Rijk van Qi http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shandong/Qufu/blog-165442.html Zondag 6 mei. Inpakken was vanochtend niet gemakkelijk omdat we veel bagage hadden door het pak dat we vanuit Belgi hadden laten opsturen. We waren wel van plan om over enkele dagen na het beklimmen van de Taishan een pak naar Belgi te sturen met de dikke kleren en de vlieger die we hadden gekregen. Om 6u40 kwamen we aan bij het busstation waar de bus naar Qufu al bijna vol zat. We hadden http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Shandong/Qufu/blog-162250.html