Liangshan: A Hill of 197 Metres and a Marsh of a Thousand Heroes
The Jining county whose hill and wetland gave Water Margin its name, and where Lu Xun thought a real marsh had stood since the Song.
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Kong Fu: From 1038 to Taiwan, the House of the Dukes of Yansheng
East of the Qufu temple stands the house of the senior line of Confucius' descendants, laid out front as an office and behind as a household under Confucian rank.
Kong Lin: A Road of Cypresses Into Ten Thousand Graves
North of Qufu's north gate a 1,266-metre avenue of cypress and pine leads to the forest cemetery of the Kong clan, where Confucius and a hundred thousand descendants lie.
Qufu's Temple: Nine Courtyards, Five Hundred Steles and a First Sacrifice
The temple at Qufu was raised over Confucius' own house two years after his death, and for two thousand years every Chinese emperor who came north went into it.
Mencius at Zoucheng: The Second Sage, Kept in His Own City
The Meng temple at Zoucheng keeps the successor's cult in its own town, with a hall rebuilt in 1673, a well kerbed in 1831, and stone pillars still carrying a line of Mao's poetry.