The old photos of Qufu, Shandong in the Collection of East Asian Prints during the Republic of China

This is a group of old photos of Qufu, Shandong Province during the Republic of China;, The historical features of the Confucius Temple in Qufu from 1925-1938 are mainly photographed. This group of photos is from the Japanese magazineYadong Prints Collection There are 6 old photos about Qufu, Shandong Province in China, which span 13 years. Among them, the photos from 1925 to 1927 may be taken at the same time, but it is hard to say the one from 1938

Qufu Confucius Temple, also known as“ Queli to Holy Temple”, Located 300 meters west of the Drum Tower in the center of Qufu, it is a temple dedicated to Confucius, a famous thinker and educator in ancient China. It was built in the 17th year of Duke Ai of Lu (478 BC), and has been renovated and expanded in previous dynasties
Confucius Temple in Qufu takes Confucius’ former residence as its temple and worships it at the age of. Since the Western Han Dynasty, emperors of all dynasties have continuously given Confucius a posthumous title, and the scale of Confucius Temple has become larger and larger, becoming the largest Confucius Temple in China. Most of the existing buildings were completed in the Ming and Qing dynasties, covering an area of 327 mu, with nine courtyards in front and back. There are 464 halls, altars and gateways in the temple. It is surrounded by red walls, with corner towers at its four corners. It was built in the style of the Forbidden City in Beijing. Together with the adjacent Confucius Mansion and the Confucius Forest in the north of the city“ Three holes&rdquo

This group of photos is organized as follows:

孔林内的洙水桥前景 

位于孔墓南端，建于洙水河上，桥的年代应在金代或之前，牌坊建于明嘉靖年间。

孔子庙奎文阁

始建于北宋期间的公元1018年，原为藏书楼，金时的公元1191年重修为“奎文阁”，明弘治年间再修至今，奎星为二十八星宿之一，又主文，因此得名。

以上两张照片刊发于《亚东印画辑》1925年6月期。

孔庙前行道上的牌楼，高大巍峨，上有节孝二字，下方搭建有凉棚

至圣孔子 坟冢

图中墓碑文字“大成至圣文宣王”（元成宗所封）为明英宗时国子监学正黄养正手书。

以上两张照片刊发于《亚东印画辑》1925年9月期。

孔庙内的大成殿，为孔庙的核心建筑。唐时为文宣王殿，宋时徽宗赵佶取《孟子·万章下》中的：孔子之谓集大成 ,集大成也者,金声而玉振也。重新命名为大成殿。

以上一张照片刊发于《亚东印画辑》1927年8月期。

纪念孔子弟子颜回的复圣庙，始建年代不可考，图中建筑为明万历年间的公元1594年所建。

以上一张照片刊发于《亚东印画辑》1938年4月期。