Nishan Sacred Land Travel Guide

Grand Ceremony of Ritual Music "Golden Sound and Jade Vibration" Personal cultivation, self-improvement, family and national sentiment, understanding of Chinese culture, intangible cultural heritage experience, activity expansion, vivid, three-dimensional, modern traditional cultural education, understanding the inner and outer culture of Confucianism, and appreciating the charm of Chinese traditional culture. Tracing the roots - exploring the birthplace of Confucius, the Confucius Cave and Nishan Confucius Temple, the origin of Confucian culture. According to "Queli Zhi · Mountains and Rivers": "The five peaks of the mountain stand together, called the Five Old Peaks." This place has a long history and rich cultural resources. As early as the Neolithic Age, ancestors left traces of fishing, hunting, and farming here. Nishan was originally named Nichu Mountain, but was renamed to avoid the taboo of Confucius' name, Qiu. The mountain is not high, with an altitude of about 340 meters, and has beautiful scenery. "A mountain is famous not for its height, but for its immortals. Water is spiritual not for its depth, but for its dragons." Because the great Chinese thinker, politician, and educator Confucius was born here, Nishan is famous worldwide. There are currently 27 buildings with 81 rooms, including halls, gates, and pavilions, divided into east, middle, and west areas. Behind the temple is the Nishan Academy. The Nishan Confucius Temple and Nishan Academy were repaired by several generations of Confucius' descendants. Compared to the Confucius Temples built by feudal dynasties to worship Confucius, it has a more homely and simple style, with a "low-key" posture. The Confucius Cave is shrouded in mystery, forming the unique cultural connotation of the Nishan Scenic Area with the cultural background of the Nishan Academy. The Nishan Sacred Land Scenic Area was also the main venue for the 2018 CCTV Mid-Autumn Festival Gala. With the recitation of "Time flies like a river, never stopping day or night," the focus of the whole nation once again gathered on China · Shandong · Qufu · Nishan. Surrounded by mountains and water, the village of Luyuan, where Confucius' father lived, the village of Yanmu, where Confucius' mother lived, and the Confucius Cave, where Confucius was born, form the unique sacred landscape of sacred mountains, sacred waters, and sacred places, and the sacred pattern of sacred father, sacred mother, and sage. The sacred land is located at the confluence of five rivers, with five peaks standing together, and the union of Zou and Lu. The entire scenic area is created from intangible to tangible, from sound to silence, from bounded to boundless, from classics to inheritance, from flourishing to deep in the heart, creating a sacred land of Confucianism. At the Golden Sound and Jade Vibration Square, admire the 72-meter-high statue of Confucius and participate in the "Worship the Master" activity. The ceremony of respecting the master is a creative combination of the ancient Confucius worship ceremony and today's "civilized lifestyle," allowing researchers to directly contact the essence of Confucian thought, experience the shock of traditional culture, take on the responsibility of family and society, and inherit the civilization of rituals and music. At the same time, recite and study the "Analects" in front of the Confucius statue, and collectively recite the Confucian classics according to the itinerary. Watch the performance of "The Way of the University" in the Step Hall, derived from the teaching story of Confucius - from shallow to deep, step by step, gradually reaching a higher level. The activity requires students to master the six basic skills according to the requirements of the Zhou Dynasty official school: "ritual, music, archery, charioteering, writing, and mathematics." The Hall of Seventy-two Sages is a hall full of stories. Through thirty groups of sculptures, it vividly shows the stories of Confucius and his seventy-two disciples. Passing through the Zhongni Gate, surrounded by the quiet and elegant sound of ancient musical instruments, listening to "Playing the Se" and "Blowing the Sheng," stepping into the Hall of Seventy-two Sages, you and I are both disciples of Confucius, seeking teachings from Confucius and the seventy-two sages, learning stories, and gaining insights into life. "Golden Sound and Jade Vibration" Paid Project: 140 RMB Performance: Nishan Ritual Music, Golden Sound and Jade Vibration, is a large-scale artistic drama with Chinese ritual music culture as the theme. The whole drama is divided into nine chapters, telling the story of the male protagonist (Confucius) from birth to childhood, youth, middle age, and old age, being constantly influenced and educated by ritual music culture, growing, cultivating morality, managing family and governing the world, and becoming a sage from a gentleman, thus inheriting the virtues of the Chinese nation and promoting the style of the land of rituals. The "Golden Sound and Jade Vibration" drama is based on the birthplace of Confucianism, with "ritual music culture" as the main theme of the performance, and "the world's Confucius" and "Confucius' world" as the direction of intention. It innovatively integrates Chinese classical art forms such as poetry, music, and dance with the most cutting-edge contemporary art forms such as holographic images, large-scale machinery, and stage installations, extracting the Chinese spirit from traditional culture, highlighting the theme of respecting excellent traditional Chinese culture, inspiring contemporary youth to care for their parents, respect their teachers, practice filial piety, brotherhood, loyalty, and obedience, encouraging contemporary youth to be patriotic, progressive, rational, and enterprising, taking on the responsibility of family and society, enhancing national self-confidence and cohesion, telling the Chinese story well, and realizing the great Chinese dream. The performance consists of nine chapters to inherit the virtues of the Chinese nation and promote the style of the land of rituals: "The Beginning of the Great Wilderness," "Enlightenment and Wisdom," "Youth Reading," "The Gentleman Adds a Crown," "Wedding Ceremony," "Practicing Rituals and Cultivating Virtue," "Managing Family and Governing the World," "Returning to Hometown with Honor," "The Great Achievement of Sages." Visit the Hall of Benevolence, Righteousness, Ritual, Wisdom, and Trust in the University Hall to appreciate the profoundness of Chinese architectural art. In the Hall of Benevolence, experience "Hand Reading the Analects." There is a saying, "Half of the Analects governs the world, one aphorism understands the past and present." The saying "Half of the Analects governs the world" comes from Song · Luo Dajing's "Helin Yulu" Volume 7: In the early Song Dynasty, Prime Minister Zhao Pu was said to have read only the "Analects." This shows the profound influence of the "Analects." Nowadays, by copying at different speeds, one can understand the Zen: fast has its passion, slow has its steadiness. Fast and slow are both realms, each with its own wonders. However, everything requires a slow waiting process before experiencing the final bloom. So please give yourself enough time to appreciate the wonders of fast and slow and taste the moment of success.