Three holes in Qufu, Shandong Province refer to

The three holes in Qufu, Shandong Province refer to: Confucius House, Confucius Temple and Confucius Forest.

Confucius House, Confucius Temple and Confucius Forest in Qufu, Shandong Province, collectively known as the "Three Holes" in Qufu, are symbols of China's memory of Confucius and admiration for Confucianism, and are famous for their rich cultural accumulation, long history, grand scale, rich cultural relics collection and scientific and artistic value.

Qufu, Shandong Province is the hometown of Confucius. Confucius opened an altar to give lectures here before his death, which created Confucian culture. Because of this, China's history of more than 2,000 years has been deeply branded with Confucianism. Confucian culture, represented by Confucius, has shaped China's entire ideological, political and social system according to its own ideals and has become the cornerstone of the entire China culture. 1994 Confucius Temple, Confucius Forest and Confucius House are listed on the World Heritage List by the United Nations.

The Confucius Temple was rebuilt by Lu Aigong in 478 BC on the basis of Confucius' former residence. After the expansion and repair in past dynasties, especially in the Tang and Song Dynasties, it has now become an excellent ancient building covering an area of more than 600 mu. Song Zhenzong only built 360 halls and corridors once in the second year of Yuan Dynasty, and rebuilt them in the twelfth year of Ming Hongzhi, which lasted for five years and cost more than/kloc-0.52 million.

Confucius House, also known as "Duke's House of Feast", is the residence of Confucius' eldest son and grandson, with a large scale and an area of 240 mu. The former is an official residence, and the latter is an inner residence, which is a typical building of the integration of official residence and residence in China feudal society.

Kong Lin, also known as the "sacred forest", is a special cemetery for Confucius and his family and the longest family cemetery in the world. The forest wall is 7 kilometers in circumference and contains more than 20,000 ancient trees. This is an old man-made garden. After the death of Confucius, his disciples brought exotic flowers and trees from all over the country to plant here. Since then, with the gradual improvement of status, the scale has become larger and larger, and it has expanded to 18 hectares in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty. It was planned to expand to 3,000 mu during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. At present, there are more than/kloc-0.0 million trees in Kong Lin, making it the largest artificial garden in China.