| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 The main gate of Kong Family Mansion | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Qufu, Shandong, China | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Part of | Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Criteria | Cultural: (i), (iv), (vi) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reference | 704 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscription | 1994 (18th Session) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°35′48″N 116°59′28.8″E / 35.59667°N 116.991333°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 孔府 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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  Location of Kong Family Mansion in Shandong  Kong Family Mansion (China) | |||||||||||||||||||||
The Kong Family Mansion (Chinese: 孔府; pinyin: Kǒng fǔ) was the historical residence of the direct descendants of Confucius in the City of Qufu, the hometown of Confucius in Shandong Province, China.[1] The extant structures mainly date from the Ming and Qing dynasties. From the mansion, the family tended to the Confucian sites in Qufu and also governed the largest private rural estate in China. The Kong family was in charge of conducting elaborate religious ceremonies on occasions such as plantings, harvests, honoring the dead, and birthdays. Today, the mansion is a museum and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu".