A wonderful two day trip to Qu Fu, the Chinese city where Confucius’ descendants lived and where the largest temple was built. More info on the temple’s history found here.
Ali wearing the “chinglish” hat that we found
…No idea what this says.
Confucius grave site guard dogs
See? The door ledges are huge
Description
See before description – one of Confucius’ disciples
Ali and his monkey medal!
Rachel is not a ghost!
Confucius’ Grave
Cool marks on Confucius’ grave
Confucius’ Grave
Confucius’ Temple
Statues at Confucius’ Temple
Statues at Confucius’ Temple
Guardians at Confucius’ Temple
Guardians at Confucius’ Temple
Walkway at the Confucius Temple
Entrance into the Temples
Grave markers, I think
Grave markers, I think
Confucius’ home
Gate into Confucius’ Home
Confucius’ home
3 wheeled car that we rode in
Me and Ali squished together opposite of Brown and Rachel in the 3 wheel car
The little one decided she wanted to be the boss of the hotel.
We had awesome noodles at this place
The 3 wheeled cart
Outside Chinese barbeque
Outside Chinese barbeque!
Turkish delight!! Narnia, anyone? There’s even different flavors…it’s covered in rice flour
Cool roof guardians!
Roof guardians!
Dragon at the temples!
Dragon at Confucius’ Temple
Hobbit door!
Roof guardians!
Lily wanted to take a picture of me
Stone carvings
Stone carvings!
Confucius Temple
Door guardians to keep out ghosts
Entrance into his house
gigantic tree
L.P!
Touching this apparently is supposed to bring good luck. She went around touching every single carving.
Remember when I said that we “pig snort” back and forth?
Lily the monkey
Having fun trying to get luck!
The temple
Temple
The temple
An inside look at the temple
The temple
A better shot of the dragon things
Awesome food, and even some new things to try.
Beautifully painted outside carvings
Description of the pavillion
The Temples
2,500 year old paint
The temples
Another gateway with huge ledges
Entrance into the temples
The river
The river!!
The temple
the temple
Lily wanted to take more random pictures
Lily wanted to take more silly pictures
Me taking a picture of lily taking a picture of Lily 🙂
Lily “pig snorting” 🙂
I finally got this little one to come out of her shells a little bit
The ticket into the house, temple, and grave
More gates
Xiang Fe and her family
Xiang Fe and her family
Somewhere Beyond the Sea 
Hi, Sweets –
Sounds like you and all had a really AWEsome trip to the Confucius Temples! And the photos you posted are BEAUTIFUL! Will look forward to seeing your photo album when you get home! Did Ami make it home o.k.?
Again – SORRY and SAD I missed your call this a.m. Will hope to talk to you tomorrow a.m., OK?
Love You BIG –
Mom
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I’ll call again in your morning 🙂 And yea, it was so much fun. I’m excited to make a photo album of all of my adventures here.
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