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The Cemetery of Confucius Chinese: å”æž—; pinyin: KÇ’ng lÃn; lit. `Kong Forest [of gravestones]` is a cemetery of the Kong clan the descendants of Confucius in Confucius` hometown Qufu in 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`. The two other components of the site are the Temple of Confucius dedicated to the memory of the philosopher and the Kong Family Mansion, where his descendants lived. The three sites are collectively known in Qufu as San Kong 三å”, i.e. `The Three Confucian [sites]`.
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