I was very excited when I arrived to Qufu which is the birth place of one of the most influential philosopher of ancient China. The city of Qufu is a typical Chinese city and the main reason to head here is to admire the beautiful temple dedicated to Confucious. It is very interesting that, even though, he was a thinker of the ancient times, during the Zhou dynasty some 2,500 years ago, he is still very revered in the Chinese culture nowadays, too. Also very interesting to know was that Confucious influenced the Chinese to eat with chopsticks and practice filial piety which are the two great traditions in Chinese culture. There are many Confucious temples spread allover China, but I thought that visiting the one at Qufu was probably the most interesting one, since that
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