The hometown of Confucius and Mencius is in Shandong • Descendants of the Meng family visit the Meng Mansion

Weekends fly from Ordos to Jining to visit the Meng Mansion and Meng Temple, this trip was very enlightening, and I recommend taking children for educational tours. The Meng Temple is where Mencius is worshipped, the Meng Mansion is where Mencius lived, and Meng Forest is the tomb of Mencius. 🎫 The combined ticket for Meng Mansion and Meng Temple is 35 yuan for adults, descendants and relatives of Mencius can enter for free with their ID card and marriage certificate, it feels just like coming home, the blogger is a 73rd generation descendant of the Meng family with the generational name 'Qing'. 🚍Transportation here is not developed, only buses are available, I took a taxi directly from Da'an Airport to this place at a cost of 120+ 🙍‍♀️Three parts looking, seven parts listening, you can choose an electronic guide, but I still recommend finding a tour guide to explain as you go. —— Inside the Meng Temple and Meng Mansion, there are cypress trees that are hundreds or even thousands of years old, with red tags for those over 500 years, green tags for over 100 years, and blue tags for 300-500 years. —— The Lingxing Gate is also the first gate to enter the Meng Temple, and the Confucius Temple, Yan Temple, and Zeng Temple have them too, symbolizing the descent of the Wenchang Star. After entering the gate, the two doors on the left and right 'Continuing the Past and Opening the Future' are marked by ginkgo trees, male and female, and you can see the fruits in October. —— Mencius advocated the spirit of righteousness and being a true gentleman. The story of Mencius' mother moving three times is well known from childhood, so a good learning environment is very important, as are school district houses. —— Because women in ancient times could not show their faces in public, the temple only worships spirit tablets instead of statues. —— There is a set of steps, the right side is only for surnames Kong, Meng, Zeng, and Yan, other surnames must walk on the left side. Since Mencius died on the winter solstice, his descendants do not celebrate the winter solstice. I recommend the Lakeside Jin Kitchen next to the Meng Mansion, the food is good and the prices are reasonable.