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　　Fellow friends everybody is good, welcome to lotus buddhist - the jiuhuamountain tourism, I'm anhui travel guide, wang ping, you can call me xiao wangor Wang Dao, was sitting beside the driver wu teacher, he has many years ofdriving experience, you can feel free in his car. In the next few days will haveour service for everyone. We met just like my name, "welded" is also a kind ofpredestination. We will do our best to bring you the best service, hope you havea happy journey of jiuhua mountain, and now I want to introduce you to the firstan overview of our jiuhua mountain:

　　Jiuhua mountain is located in the territory, county in anhui is our countrykey scenic spot, national 5 a grade scenic spot, with shanxi wutai mountain,mount emei of sichuan province, zhejiang mount putuo and said the four famousbuddhist mountains in China. Wutai mountain is manjusri bodhisattva, emeisamantabhadra bodhisattva dojo, mount putuo is the dojo guanyin bodhisattva, andwe are the jiuhua mountain like ksitigarbha bodhisattva dojo. Jiuhua mountainoriginally called nine mountain, because jiuhua greatly small 99 peaks, ninepeaks particularly prominent, so called nine mountain, later it by Li Bailaijiuhua mountain, see stack jade green peaks, wrote "miao have two gas, lingshanjiu hua" of verse, then people will be nine mountain renamed the jiuhuamountain. In the tang dynasty kaiyuan years, ghost kingdom prince Jin Qiao sleepin our jiuhua practice, finally died at the age of 99. The Buddhism thought hisasceticism and passed away the flesh and the records in the buddhist scriptureshave similar like ksitigarbha bodhisattva, so I think he is the embodiment oflike ksitigarbha bodhisattva, buddhists call him a heart of gold. The jiuhuamountain and therefore is regarded as like ksitigarbha bodhisattva dojo. Nowhave the temple more than 90, monks, more than 600 people, is a characteristicand has important influence on buddhist shrine. Says the us has arrived, we arenow ready to get off, please take your belongings and don't put your valuablesin the car, wait a moment we will close the car doors and Windows for us masterwu, also please remember our bus license plate number, color, and parkingspot.

　　To the holy land of Buddhism, of course, to feel the Buddha of dust, so,today we'll begin with this temple street nine China most scenic area, enter thejiu hua street scenic area, is a cross lane. He is carved from marble, 9 metershigh, please look up the banners on the engraved with the "nine degrees have"four characters, but the emperor kangxi hand! Through the door, welcomedeveryone to see is below the fairy bridge, the bridge is built in the qianlongyears, everybody with me on this ancient bridge, we together into thewonderland!

　　You see, across the bridge facing us is the temple of gion. He is a keynational temple, is the only a palatial jiuhua mountain temple, the scale is oneof the biggest in jiuhua mountain four big jungle. It consists of the gate, thegreat hall, Ursa major, the guest room, lecture hall and the scripture-storeddozen monomer building composition and so on. Dear visitors please pay attentionto look at the entrance, you have found it deviated from the centerline of thehall? Do you know why? Because ah! Slanting gate is to have cultured, it to wardoff evil spirits, and secondly is the door toward the mountain temple citytemple. Before entering the temple, we should pay attention to the followingpoints: one is in when it entered the temple of one foot across the threshold,the threshold of the temple is the Buddha's shoulder, you must not be trampledon, the second is not to talk loudly in it or to bring to temple in the world ofmortals joke, 3 it is please do not touch the monks at random.

　　Here you go with me into the gion temple appreciate its unique charm! Ourposition is great now, on the opposite side of the hall, to the four major Kingsstatues. They are a pop singer, south growth, east west wide eyes pop, northernbook pop, folk, also known as four major Kings, good crop is Buddhism guardiandeity. Look at the center of the hall, here to the smile Mimi is maitreya, thebehind the maitreya, is bodhisattva wei tuo, he is guarding the Buddha godwill.

　　Also good, fellow tourists friends please follow tight wang, watch yourstep, from the great hall to go outside, just came to the Ursa major. Here tothe three Buddha is 12 meters in height, is in the middle of the Buddha, bothsides respectively is amitabha and medicine Buddha, and on both sides of thehall, as most of you have guessed, right! For setting the 18 arhats statue. Yougo back with me again, the back hall, honours is manjusri, samantabhadrabodhisattva's statue. The "island of guanyin" large-scale three-dimensionalrelief, the carving is behind the sakyamuni Buddha, this is a picture of aconcentrated Chinese buddhist bodhisattvas map.

　　Please keep up with the good, behind friends, followed by our team, out ofthe temple of gion, we came to the city temple, temple is the jiuhua mountaintemple city. You can see into a temple there is a stone outside platform,platform with empress tower with a well, because when the cultural revolutiondestroyed, now only a stylobate, reportedly Jin Qiao sleep at that time in theside, very very miss him, his mother ran to look for him, because the thoughtsof love, she cried for three days and three nights, the cry blind, Jin Qiaosleep he will use this well help her to wash eyes, his mother will see later. Sothis well known as known as bright eye springs, later generations to commemoratehis mother nearby tower built empress. You follow me into the temple to visitthe city, look at the stone lion, legend has it that this is a relic of tang andsong dynasty era, because of long time, has been unable to identify theoriginal. We walked up next to the stone steps, and now we are dedicated to likeksitigarbha bodhisattva stands resemble the Ursa major. You carefully look atthe figure of Buddha, lowered his hands, palms outward, can satisfy the desireof all beings.

　　We call it to print. Wang told everyone an unwritten custom, now to thejiuhua mountain if you want to burn incense, course as long as is the main 3temple worship, into a temple, halls of the flesh, tiantai temple. Now we are inthe halls of the flesh, please look at the words on the board: month halls ofthe body! Why call on body halls? Because the previous month and meat areinterlinked, so now many people describe body organs words next to the word willhave a month. Halls of the building has distinguishing feature very flesh, thetemple tower, tower have stone, stone here is gold hid in the flesh, the lunarJuly 30 is his birthday, and he died, on the day of the day there will bethousands and thousands of people to worship. Entered the halls of the physicalbody you can see the door head hanging like ksitigarbha bodhisattva vows: aspeople all parties bodhi. Hell is not empty. Don't become Buddha. So likeksitigarbha bodhisattva, known as the great bodhisattvas. Believe there aregreat bodhisattva bless, you will be good is always in the future.

　　We will go to the century palace, for the next hundred years old palace wasbuilt in the Ming dynasty, dedicated to the monk's body. This legend to themonk, main edible yellow fine. Salvia miltiorrhiza and other wild plants, andthorns tongue blood mixed powders copying a buddhist scriptures, with more than20 years to finish copy books, died 110 years. At the age of the temple, palaceflesh can see to the monks of the gold body of Buddha, wore a capuchin, Khmer,sits a lotus, enjoy all family. Jiuhua mountain has found 14 with flesh, andstay around for hundreds of years old, may be a vegetarian for a long time withthem, parinirvana less water in the body, when death porcelain jar sealing andother factors. Behind please keep up with friends, then we will go to tiantaiscenic spot, as the saying goes, "not ShangTianTai, equal to did not come,"explain the jiuhuang scenic spot in tiantai. Tiantai peak is the jiuhuamountain, 1300 meters above sea level. Standing on the tiantai peak can see apanoramic view of jiu hua street, tiantai guanyin rock scenic area's mainattraction. Dapeng rocks such as listening to the stone, and gold hid in the hidin the hole, just to the jiuhua practice with signs the ancient worship of theunits like ksitigarbha bodhisattva, preaching of tiantai temple main places likeksitigarbha bodhisattva, okay, let's take a cable car to tiantai scenic spot'sgo!

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　　Another tourist attraction in Kaiping City is the Li Garden. It was a private residential garden built in 1926 – 1936 by an American Chinese, Xie Wei Li by name. The garden’s name “Li” was derived from the name of its owner and it gives expression to the meaning of a Chinese idiom Xiu Shen Li Ben, which is written on an archway in the garden, meaning that cultivating one’s moral and character is the key to success in one’s life and work. This idea of the owner’s is also embodied in many other inscriptions and couplets written in the garden.

　　The Li Garden is laid out in the way of traditional Chinese gardening but many of its structures are built in Western styles, such as the two Roman-styled structures popularly known as the Bird’s Nest and the Flower & Rattan Pavilion. The garden covers an area of 19, 600 square meters, with a man-made stream running through and cutting it into two parts, which are connected by arch-bridges. Along the stream are pavilions, a hundred-meter-long corridor, archways, residential houses and other structures.

　　The residential buildings in the villa area are also combinations of Chinese and Western architectural elements. While their main structures are foreign-styled, some are roofed like a Chinese palace, and inside they are decorated and furnished with both Chinese and foreign artifacts: Western fireplace and pendent lamps, Italian ceramic tiles, Chinese wooden furniture, wall paintings depicting Chinese folk stories, Chinese gilded wood-carvings etc.

　　The Li Garden is indeed a paragon of harmonious combination of the Chinese and foreign cultures.as a watchtower for it was located in an open land and was provided with electric generator,searchlights and guns.

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　　The entrance hall of the temple is called The Hall of Heavenly Kings and is the shrine for Mile Buddha (Maitreya) and the Heavenly Kings (or the Divas as are called in Buddhist sutra).The statue in the middle, the man with a big belly, is Mile Buddha, who is commonly known as the Laughing Buddha because he is always grinning from ear to ear.

　　He is the future savior that will deliver all living beings to the Buddhist paradise after Sakyamuni’s Buddhist power is exhausted, and so he is also known as the Future Buddha. The couplet on both sides is a compliment to the Laughing Buddha, meaning literally: “A big belly can hold the world’s troubles that are troubling people. An open mouth is smiling at those who are to be smiled at.”

　　On either side of the hall we can see two statues. They are the four Heavenly Kings, who are protectors of Buddhist doctrines, with each taking care of one side-the east, west, north and south. It is their joint efforts that ensure harmony, peace and prosperity of the world. The four objects they are holding-a "pipa"(a Chinese pluck instrument),an umbrella, a snake and a sword-combine to mean that Buddha will ensure a favorable weather for the crops so that people may live a happy life.

　　Statue at the back of the Laughing Buddha is the patron of the temple, Wei Tuo or Veda by name, who is number one among the 32 generals under the four Heavenly Kings.

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　　Shandong, one of the birthplaces of ancient Chinese culture, is a greatland with not only famous mountains and rivers, but also splendid civilizationin the long history of civilization. There are numerous places of interest andscenic spots in Shandong.

　　Dear tourists, ladies and gentlemen, you have worked hard all the way.Welcome to the Confucius Temple.

　　Dear tourist friends, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Qufu, Confucius'hometown, and thank you for choosing me as your guide. I'm Zhang, a tour guideof __ travel agency in Qufu. You can call me Xiao Zhang or Zhang Dao. Confuciushas a famous saying: "it's a pleasure to have friends from afar." Now let mefeel happy to meet new friends and provide you with tour guide service.

　　Confucius Temple is a ritual temple for Confucius. Confucius is a famousthinker and educator at the end of the spring and Autumn Period in China, and isrespected as the founder of the Confucian school. According to records,Confucius was born on the top of the polder, like the shape of Niqiu mountain,so because of the name Qiu, the word Zhongni.

　　In his life of hard exploration of social practice, Confucius deeplyunderstood and understood the society at that time, gradually established thebasic system of Confucianism, and became a famous political theorist, educatorand thinker at that time. The Confucianism he founded has a great influence inthe history of China and even the world. In the second year after Confucius died(478 BC), Duke AI of Lu changed the hall where Confucius lived to "longevityhall". There were three houses, which displayed "clothes, crowns, Qin, Che, Shu"used by Confucius, and "because they thought they were temples, they wereworshipped when they were old", that is, they offered sacrifices on time everyyear. Although Confucius was a well-known academic master at that time,Confucianism was only a school, and Confucius was not in a high position, so theoriginal Confucius Temple was only the former residence of Confucius. After theHan Dynasty, the status of Confucius and Confucianism gradually improved.

　　According to records, from 220 A.D. to the time before liberation, theConfucius Temple was rebuilt and expanded for more than 70 times. After morethan 20__ years of reconstruction and expansion, the Confucius Temple in Qufuformed a large-scale ancient architectural complex. It covers an area of about140000 square meters, including 466 halls, pavilions, 54 gates and 17 stelepavilions. With its large scale, the Palace Museum and Chengde Mountain Resortare known as the three major ancient architectural complexes in China.

　　The overall layout of Confucius Temple is a long-term development ofConfucius' former residence, which has a history of more than 2400 years. Thearchitectural effect pursued by the development of Confucius Temple is achievedthrough the environment created by the whole building complex to set off thegreat achievements of Confucius and the profound and extensive of Confucianismand Taoism. Therefore, the artistic expression of Confucius temple architectureis firstly the integrity of its overall layout and architectural sequence;secondly, the treatment of its individual buildings and the pattern of eachcourtyard, and each hall, hall, building, door and pavilion fully shows theirrespective important role; The third is the subtle aspects of individualarchitecture, which fully reflects the unparalleled artistic achievements ofChinese ancient architects in design and construction. In the aspect of overallarchitecture, Confucius Temple adopts the ancient traditional palace stylearchitecture. However, it has been rebuilt and expanded for many times inhistory. When it is rebuilt and expanded, it is bound to be limited by theshape, scale and other factors of the previous Confucian temple. However, thearchitectural group of the Confucian temple finally successfully utilized theheritage of the previous generation, which not only reflects the continuation ofthe historical heritage, but also maintains its overall integrity. This uniquearchitectural form is caused by many factors. First of all, the Confucius Templeis an extension of the former residence of Confucius, which preserves manyhistorical sites related to Confucius, such as the old house well, poetry hall,Lubi, Jinsi hall, and the apricot altar built to commemorate Confucius'lectures; second, the Royal ancestral temple factors, such as the halberdsystem, the front hall and the back bedroom system; third, the palace factors,such as the five gate system of the emperor, the turret system of the RoyalCity, the East and West Huamen, etc; The fourth is the factors of clan andfamily temples, such as Qisheng temple, Chongsheng temple, family temple, etc.;the fifth is the factors of sacrifice. In addition to Confucius, Sipei andtwelve philosophers, there are also sages, Confucians and ancestors, with atotal number of more than 200 people. In order to accommodate a large number ofworshippers, it is necessary to set up veranda, thus forming veranda courtyard.In addition to the above factors, it also highlights the sage status ofConfucius and the sanctity of Confucius and Mencius, such as panchi, Bishui,memorial archway and so on, and symbolizes Confucius' great academicachievements with the book building. Confucius Temple has successfully used thetraditional combination of courtyard and environment, and achieved the purposeof rendering Confucius' outstanding contribution in academic and education andhis lofty position in ancient society. It is a unique architectural form inancient Chinese architectural complex.

　　There are more than 1200 ancient trees in the Confucius Temple, whichreflect each other with the magnificent buildings. Especially in summer,thousands of egrets live on the ancient trees, forming another unique landscapeof the Confucius Temple. Egrets have been designated as city birds by QufuCity.

　　Wanren palace wall

　　Jin Sheng Yu Zhen Fang

　　Jinshengyuzhen square was built in 1538, the 17th year of Jiajing reign ofMing Dynasty. The four characters of "jinshengyuzhen" are written by Huzuanzong, a scholar of Ming Dynasty. On the square, there is a light carvedcloud dragon playing with pearls. On the top of each column, there is a roundcarving "ward off evil spirits", commonly known as "chaotianhou". Behind thesquare, there is a single hole stone bridge, on which there is a dragon, named"Panshui bridge". Under the bridge, the upstream of panshuiyuan is connectedwith gupanchi, and the downstream flows through the South Gate of Ming CityXishuimen enters the moat. The bridge was built in the 16th year of the reign ofEmperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1677 AD).

　　The four characters of "Jin Sheng Yu Zhen" come from "Mencius · Wan ZhangXia", Mencius said: "Confucius is called jidacheng. He who has achieved greatsuccess has a golden voice and a jade. The first is the sound of gold, and thelast is the sound of jade. " It means that Confucius is a master of sages andsages. The original meaning of "Jin Sheng" refers to the sound of "Zhong", anancient musical instrument in China. The original meaning of "Yu Zhen" refers tothe sound of "Qing", an ancient musical instrument in China. Mencius comparesConfucius' thought to a perfect music. Here, to borrow Mencius' meaning, itmeans that Confucius' thought is perfect and integrates the achievements ofancient sages to reach the top.

　　Lattice star gate

　　Lingxing gate was built in the 13th year of Yongle (AD 1415) of MingDynasty. It was originally made of wood. In the 19th year of Qianlong (AD 1754)of Qing Dynasty, it was replaced by stone pillars and iron beams when KongZhaohuan rebuilt the Confucius Temple. On the top of the four pillars are thefour generals, and on the middle beam are the fire pearls, which symbolizes thatthe gate is guarded by the generals and becomes a towering gate.

　　Lingxing, namely Tiantian star, was first seen in the historical data ofthe Han Emperor Gaozu's order to worship Lingxing. The ancients believed thatLingxing was a star that "the LORD was honored by the scholars" and wasspecially in charge of officials. In the sixth year of emperor Renzong of SongDynasty (A.D. 1028), a Lingxing gate was built on the outer wall of theplatform, which was like a window lattice. There is a gate in the ConfuciusTemple, which means to worship Confucius as heaven. This can be seen in therecords of JINGDING Jiankang and Jinling Xinzhi of Song Dynasty. In addition,there is a inscription in the Confucius Temple: the Lingxing gate is set up to"dredge it to accommodate the corporal". Wherever there is a Lingxing gate, itsdoor leaf must be made of lattice structure, so it has the meaning of dredge.The Confucius temple takes this meaning to attract scholars from all over theworld to study here.

　　In feudal society, all the officials who came to Qufu to offer sacrificesto Confucius, regardless of their positions, had to get off the sedan chair anddismount the military officials to show their respect for Confucius. Thismonument was first erected in the second year of the reign of emperor Mingchangof Jin Dynasty (1191 AD), and now only one is left in the East.

　　Taihe Yuanqi square

　　Taihe Yuanqi square was built in the 23rd year of Jiajing in the MingDynasty (1544 A.D.), which is of stone structure. "Taihe Yuanqi" was written bythe governor of Shandong at that time.

　　"Taihe" refers to the combination of heaven and earth, sun and moon, andYin and Yang. "Yuanqi" originally means the original material that forms theworld. Later, some materialists called the five elements "Yuanqi" as "gold,wood, water, fire and earth". Everything in the world is composed of fiveelements. Here, "Yuanqi" is the combination of heaven and earth, sun and moon,and Yin and Yang, which is the basis for the growth of all things. "Taihe Qi"means that Confucius thought embodies the essence and the most noble aspect ofhuman thought. It can make human thought reach a supreme position as theuniverse produces everything.

　　After Yuanqi square of Taihe, there was the "Zhisheng Temple" square,formerly known as the "Xuansheng Temple" square. There was no record of itsfounding date. There was a "Xuansheng Temple" square on the temple map in the16th year of Hongzhi of Ming Dynasty (AD 1503). In 1729 ad, Xuansheng temple waschanged to Zhisheng temple. This square is white marble. "Zhi" meanssupreme.

　　"Demou heaven and earth, Daoguan ancient and modern" means that Confuciuscontributed as much to mankind as heaven and earth. Confucius thought isunprecedented, and is supreme in both ancient and modern times and in thefuture.

　　Holy time gate

　　Shengshimen, originally the main gate of Confucius Temple, was built in the13th year of Yongle (AD 1415) of Ming Dynasty, expanded in the 12th year ofHongzhi (AD 1499), and named "shengshimen" by Emperor Shizong of Qing Dynasty inthe 8th year of Yongzheng (AD 1730). The gate is built on a high platform, andthere are reliefs on the front and rear Royal Roads respectively. It is carvedin the Ming Dynasty. "Shengshimen" was written by Emperor Gaozong of QingDynasty.

　　The word "Shengshi" comes from Mencius. After comparing four ancientChinese sages, Mencius pointed out: "Boyi is the sage of Qing Dynasty; Yiyin isthe sage of Ren Dynasty; liuxiahui is the sage of harmony; Confucius is the sageof time". Yi Yin helped Tang exterminate Xia Jie, assisted Wai Bing after Tangdied, and established Tang sun Tai Jia to ascend the throne after Zhong Rendied. Because Tai Jia destroyed Tang FA, he was banished by Yi Yin. Three yearslater, Tai Jia repented and Yi Yin took him back. Mencius called Yi Yin thesage; Liu Xiahui was a senior official of the state of Lu in the spring andAutumn period. He had been demoted three times and remained in office. Whenasked why he didn't leave, he replied, "how can we go straight and serve people?Why should we go to our parents' country if we do wrong?" later, when Qiattacked Lu, he sent people to Qi to persuade him to withdraw. Without a singlesoldier, he withdrew from Qi's army, so Mencius said that he was the Holy One.By comparison, Mencius believes that Confucius is the sage of the time, the sageof the whole time, is the most suitable sage of the times, no matter in anyperiod, any dynasty, Confucius thought should become orthodox thought.

　　Bishui Bridge

　　When you enter the Shengshi gate, it suddenly opens. In the large squarecourtyard, there are towering ancient trees, fragrant grass, symmetrical Eastand West, each with a waist gate. The three arch bridges on the opposite sidecover the Bishui, and half cover the Hongdao gate. In addition, the stone bonsaiis decorated on it. It makes people relaxed and happy, and they are all moved.They suddenly feel that they have entered the realm of "God". Those who worshipthe saints will look up to the top, and those who watch will see it first.Connected with this situation, the east side of the waist gate is called "quickview", and the west side of the waist gate is called "Yang Gao". "Kuai Kan"means seeing first, while "Yanggao" comes from the Analects of Confucius ·Zihan. It means that Confucius' way is high and unfathomable. Looking up, thehigher you look, the higher you study Confucius' thoughts and theories. Once youenter the door, you will feel that there is no end to what you learn. These twogates were built in the 12th year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (1499 AD). In thepast, only the emperor could go through the main gate for sacrifice, and mostpeople could only enter the temple through the Yanggao gate.

　　In front of a water across, three bridges longitudinal span, ring water hascarved stone column, because the water "around such as Bi" named "Bi water".There is Jinshui in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, where Bishui meansConfucius Temple is the same as the Imperial Palace, so the third bridge isnamed Bishui bridge. It was first built in the 13th year of Yongle (AD 1415) ofMing Dynasty. In the 12th year of Hongzhi of Ming Dynasty (AD 1499), stonerailings were added. The river body was built with a river bottom. The originalriver was built with small walls. In the 16th year of Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (AD1677), the small walls were changed into stone railings.

　　Hongdaomen

　　Hongdaomen was built in 1377, the 10th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty. Itwas the main gate of Confucius Temple at that time. When the Confucius Templewas rebuilt in Hongzhi period of Ming Dynasty, it was rebuilt into five rooms.In the eighth year of Yongzheng (1730 A.D.), Emperor Yongzheng designated it as"Hongdao gate". Later, Emperor Qianlong inscribed the word "Hongdao" and erecteda plaque on the gate.

　　There are two stone steles under hongdaomen. The East stele is the "historyof Qufu county" carved in Yuan Dynasty, which records the history of Qufu beforeYuan Dynasty and has high historical value. Xibei is the epitaph of Mr. ChushiWang in Yuan Dynasty, which is of great calligraphy value. The two steles wereoriginally erected in Jiuxian village in the east of Qufu City and moved to theConfucius Temple in 1964.

　　Da Zhong men

　　Dazhongmen is the main gate of Confucius Temple in Song Dynasty. It wasbuilt in Song Dynasty and rebuilt in 1499. The three character plaque of"dazhongmen" was written by Emperor Gaozong of Qing Dynasty.

　　There are three green tile corner buildings on both sides of the Dazhonggate. The two corner buildings are built on the square high platform in theshape of a curved ruler. The rectangular outline formed by the two cornerbuildings and the East and west corner buildings behind the Confucius Temple isthe outline of the Confucius Temple in the yuan Dynasty. The main buildings inthe Confucius Temple are within this outline. The turret was built in 1331 A.D.in the second year of the Yuan Dynasty. The corner tower of Confucius Temple ismodeled on the corner tower of Imperial City, which means that Confucius Templeis as majestic as imperial palace.

　　Tongwenmen was built in Song Dynasty. It was originally three rooms, andexpanded to five rooms in Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty. It was called"shentongmen" in the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, and changed totongwenmen in the seventh year of Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty (1729 AD). Thisdoor is a single door, no wall on the left and right. In the past, intraditional Chinese palace style architecture, small buildings were often usedas barriers before the main building to show solemnity. Tongwen gate acted as abarrier for Kuiwen Pavilion. "Tongwenmen" was written by Emperor Gaozong of QingDynasty.

　　Kuiwen Pavilion

　　Kuiwenge, formerly known as the library, was built in the Song Dynasty withfive double eaves. In the sixth year of jinmingchang (AD 1195), it was changedinto three eaves and was named "kuiwenge". In the 17th year of Hongzhi in MingDynasty (1504 AD), it was changed into seven rooms. Emperor Qianlong of Gaozongof Qing Dynasty inscribed a plaque on the pavilion.

　　Kuiwen Pavilion is 30.1 meters wide from east to west, 17.62 meters deepfrom north to south, and 23.35 meters high. It has triple cornices, four layersof brackets, and eight octagonal stone columns under the eaves. The internalstructure is a laminated wooden frame, with two layers of Pavilion and a darklayer in the middle.

　　Kui, the name of the star. One of the 28 sleepers. It is said that it isthe head of the white tiger in the west, with a total of 16 stars, "buckled andhooked, like a painting of words". In the book of filial piety, it is said that"the article of Kui master", and later generations further described Kui star as"the head of civil servants". Therefore, in order to praise Confucius as a civilservant, Jin Zhangzong named the original library Kuiwen Pavilion.

　　Kuiwen pavilion has experienced hundreds of years of ups and downs andhundreds of earthquakes since it was expanded in 1504. In the West Pavilion,there is a tablet recording a major earthquake in the Kangxi period of QingDynasty, "nine houses in the world, one in the world". That is to say, 90% ofthe houses collapsed and Kuiwen pavilion was safe and sound. By the early 1980s,Kuiwen Pavilion had been in disrepair for many years. Some of the wood wasrotten and the top of the pavilion was twisted. Under the leadership of theState Administration of cultural relics, experts on ancient buildings wereorganized to work out a restoration plan. More than 1.2 million yuan wasallocated to renovate Kuiwen Pavilion one year ahead of the original schedule.The renovated Kuiwen pavilion has completely maintained its originalspecifications and style.

　　There are two stone tablets in the East and west of kuiwenge corridor.Kuiwenge Fu in the East is written by Li Dongyang, a famous poet in MingDynasty, and Qiao Zong, a famous calligrapher. In the west is kuiwenge resetbooks record, which records that in 1511, Liu Liu and Liu Qi led the peasantuprising army to capture Qufu and occupy the Confucius Temple. After they burnedkuiwenge's books, the emperor ordered the Ministry of rites to issue imperialbooks. In the late Qing Dynasty, the collection of books in Kuiwen pavilion wasmoved to Confucius' residence for preservation.

　　Kuiwen Pavilion is now on display with the pictures of Confucius' holyrelics