The historical, scientific and artistic values of Confucius Temple, Confucius Forest and Confucius House are all reflected in their preserved cultural relics. More than 300, 65,438+0,300 ancient buildings of Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, reflecting the architectural laws and characteristics of each period. More than 65,438+0,000 Han Dynasty stone reliefs, Confucius' sacred figures, stone tools and dragon columns reflect the changes and development of stone carving art; More than 5,000 ancient inscriptions since the Western Han Dynasty are not only treasures of Chinese calligraphy art, but also precious materials for studying Chinese ancient politics, ideology, economy, culture and art; More than 65,438+10,000 ancient tombs are important objects for studying the tomb system, and17,000 ancient and famous trees are living cultural relics for studying ancient phenology, meteorology and ecology. Among the 654.38+10,000 cultural relics in the collection, Yuan and Ming costumes, portraits of Confucius, portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Feast and ritual vessels are the most famous. Among them, the costumes of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties are rare similar cultural relics handed down from generation to generation in China, which is of great value to the study of ancient costumes and textile art. There are 300,000 files of Confucian documents in Ming and Qing Dynasties, which are rich private files in China and important materials for studying the history of Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially the economic history.
Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong Province, Confucius House and Confucius Forest were listed on the World Heritage List in 1994 and 65438+February respectively.