The old photo of Zou County, Shandong Province in 1907: the scene of Meng Temple a hundred years ago

Share a group of old photos of Zou County, Shandong Province in 1907, taken by Edouard Chavannes

Edward· Sha Wan, referred to as Sha Wan for short, is recognized by the academic community as the world’s most successful master of Chinese studies at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century; European Sinology Leader”. In 1907, he came to China for the second time. He spent ten months in Northeast China and North China to investigate cultural relics and historic sites in Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Shanxi and other provinces, and purchased a large number of books and took a large number of photos

The following photo was taken in Zouxian County, Shandong Province in 1907. It gives us a chance to see the Meng Temple and Meng Mu Forest in Zouxian County a hundred years ago

Zou County is now called Zoucheng, abbreviated as“ Zou”, Ancient name“ Holy Land of Zou Lu”, It is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, bordering Qufu City, Confucius’ hometown in the north, and Tengzhou City in the south. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the capital of the State of Zou, and was also called “the State of Lu”; Holy Land of Zou Lu”, It is a place of cultural prosperity

Zoucheng was the hometown of Mencius, a great thinker, educator and representative of the Confucian School during the Warring States Period; The land of Confucius and Mencius, the birthplace of culture&rdquo& ldquo; The country of oriental gentlemen, the hometown of Zou and Lu sages” It is a national historical and cultural city

作者爱德华·沙畹 在去邹县的路上。

邹县城西一角

邹县城西一角

孟母林前的牌坊

孟母林是孟子父母的合葬地。后人以孟子成名，在很大程度上是孟母三迁教子之功，故林地称“孟母林”，孟子死后，其后世子孙亦结冢葬于此地。占地38公顷，外围石墙，内有树木约1万3千株，元明清历代石碑数通。整个墓地占地578亩，西靠马鞍山，山中上下遍植桧柏，古木苍翠、浓荫蔽地，林内墓冢累累。在墓的东侧建有一享殿。 世界上最大古柏园林。

孟母林

入林后，神道尽头为享殿院，以红色墙垣围成，享殿四檐三间，长10米，宽6米。孟母墓东北为孟氏四十五代中兴祖孟宁墓，原有碑，立于元至顺四年（1333年），碑阴刻“世系之图”，碑今不存。现不知照片中的碑是否此碑。

孟庙（孟子庙）

孟庙，又称亚圣庙，位于邹城市亚圣府街44号，为历代祭祀战国思想家孟子之所。孟庙始建于北宋景佑四年（1037年），占地4.36万平方米。

孟庙始建于北宋景四年（1037年）。孔子四十五代孙孔道辅守兖州后，寻访孟子墓于城东北四基山麓，遂在墓旁创建孟庙。

北宋宣和三年（1121年），由邑士徐绂及乡人出资将孟庙迁址。后经金、元、明、清历代拓展和维修，至康熙五十四年（1715年）修建的流传下来。

孟庙呈长方形，五进院落，南北长458.5米，东西宽95米．占地4.36万平方米，折66亩。建筑群分东、中、西三路，其以亚圣殿为主体建筑，南北为一中轴线，左右作对称式排列。  院内有亚圣殿、启圣殿、孟母殿、致严堂等殿宇64间、碑碣石刻350余块。

1988年，孟庙被国务院公布为全国重点文物保护单位。

孟庙现在的样子。

各位朋友，你们去过邹城吗？