Konglin Shinto is 1266 meters long.
Expanding knowledge:
Konglin was planted by "disciples with strange trees in all directions, so there are many different plants". Here, we really saw all kinds of trees with different shapes, such as cypress, juniper, oak, elm, locust, kai, and so on. It is said that there are more than 2 thousand ancient trees.
There are many stone tablets and stone instruments in this beautiful forest of Confucius. There are still more than 4 buildings in Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as temples, doors, squares and pavilions. There are more than 3,6 gravestones inscribed by famous calligraphers such as Li Dongyang, Yan Song in Ming Dynasty and Weng Fanggang, He Shaoji and Kang Youwei in Qing Dynasty. Therefore, it can be said that Confucius is also a veritable forest of steles.
after checking in, there is a 1-meter-long Konglin Shinto, with green cypresses and cypresses. It is said that the number of cypresses on both sides is also exquisite. There are 73 trees on the right side of Shinto, symbolizing that Confucius lived for 73 years, and 72 trees on the left side, representing that Confucius taught 72 sages.
At the end is the memorial archway of "Supreme Holy Forest". The word "Holy" does not have a horizontal line above, which represents the supremacy of Confucius' thought. After the archway, we go to our water bridge, which is the tunnel leading to the temple dedicated to Confucius. There are four pairs of giant stone carvings on both sides, namely Huabiao, Wenbao, Jiaoduan and Weng Zhong.
Architectural features
Konglin covers an area of nearly 2 million square meters, and there are more than 1, graves in the forest, with Shinto connecting with the city gate. The tomb of Confucius is located in the middle of the forest of Confucius, and its enclosure is in the shape of an axe. In the Han Dynasty, a shrine was set up to build a sacred gate; in the Song Dynasty, a stone instrument was carved; in the Yuan Dynasty, a monument was erected, a wall was built, and a heavy gate was built; in the Ming Dynasty, the tomb gate of Xiangdian was rebuilt, and the Zhushui Bridge Square and the Changchun Square in the ages were added.
value of cultural relics
Confucius' eldest grandson has been buried by Kong Lin for the 76th generation, and his collateral descendants have been buried for the 78th generation, which has been uninterrupted since the Zhou Dynasty. As a family cemetery, there is no precedent in the world because of its long duration, numerous tombs and well-preserved. It is the product of the dominant position of Confucianism in the long feudal society of China.
The rich above-ground cultural relics in Konglin are of great value for studying the evolution of China's tomb system and ancient politics, economy, culture, customs, calligraphy and art, etc.