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Just like any religion in the world, Confucianism has its own holy places for worshipping or practicing.
Worship. The worship of Confucius centred upon offering sacrifices to Confucius's spirit in the Confucian temple. A dance known as the Eight-Row Dance (八佾舞), consisting of eight columns of eight dancers each, was also performed.
Historically, the temple was not only a place of worship but also a center for the dissemination of Confucian teachings. The integration of the temple and educational institutions, known as the “temple-school system,” allowed for the formal instruction of Confucian classics and rituals.
In the Confucian tradition, there are three levels of sacrificial ritual: Great Sacrifice offered by the emperor, Middle Sacrifice offered by court officials, and Minor Sacrifice offered by local officials.
A Temple of Confucius or a Confucian temple is a place of worship where people show respect to Confucius and other important people of Confucianism. [1] Confucianism is a folk religion in China and other countries in East and Southeast Asia. Its history in East Asia is more than 2,500 years. [2]
The Temple of Confucius (Chinese: 孔廟; pinyin: Kǒng miào) in Qufu, Shandong Province, is the largest and most renowned temple of Confucius in East Asia. Since 1994, the Temple of Confucius has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu". [1]
The Confucian Temple of old Tianjin is located on Dongmennei Dajie, a short distance west of Traditional Culture Street (Gu Wenhua Jie). Occupying 32 acres of land, The Confucian Temple is the largest extant traditional architectural complex in Tianjin.
People should enter from the side entrance to worship Confucius. In Yunnan Province, the pool in the Confucian temple is also called 'the sea of study', where in the middle is a small island, and on the island, there is a wooden structure Pavilion 'Sile Pavilion' (Missing Happiness Pavilion).
Since Confucius was so important, it became common historical practice to erect temples in his honor. These temples were usually places for local people to worship Confucius’s spirit and they also housed philosophical artifacts and icons from Confucian lore.
The Temple of Confucius is a temple to venerate him as a great sage and philosopher of Confucianism. The first Confucius temple was built two years after the death of Confucius in Qufu in the capital of State Lu, and his former house was consecrated as a temple by the Duke of Lu.