Cemetery of Confucius

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Tomb of Confucius
Location	Qufu, Shandong, China
Part of	Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu
Criteria	i, iv, vi
Reference	704
Inscription	1994 (18th Session)
Coordinates	35°37′07″N 116°59′11″E / 35.61861°N 116.98639°E / 35.61861; 116.98639
Chinese name
Chinese	孔林
Literal meaning	"Kong Forest [of gravestones]"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Kǒng lín IPA [kʰʊ̀ŋ lǐn] Wu Romanization Khon去 lin平 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Húng làhm Jyutping Hung2 lam4 Southern Min Tâi-lô Khóng lîm
Location of Cemetery of Confucius in Shandong Show map of Shandong Cemetery of Confucius (China) Show map of China

The Cemetery of Confucius (Chinese: 孔林; pinyin: Kǒng lín; lit. 'Kong Forest [of gravestones]') is a cemetery of the Kong clan (the descendants of Confucius) in Confucius' hometown Qufu in eastern Shandong province. Confucius himself and some of his disciples are buried there, as well as many thousands of his descendants.

Since 1994, the Cemetery of Confucius has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu".^[1] The two other components of the site are the Temple of Confucius dedicated to the memory of the statesman and philosopher and the Kong Family Mansion, where his descendants lived. The three sites are collectively known in Qufu as San Kong (三孔), i.e. "The Three Confucian [sites]".