http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardSELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 6077) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCSat 19 Feb 2010 20:19:00 GMTshyotohttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/qufu/attraction/kong-family-mansion/Confucius Residence, also called Mr. Yanshengs Residence, was the living place for Confucius most closely descendents. After Confucius death, in order to consecrate him, his offspring mainly lived in the native place in Queli. Emperors in previous dynasties granted additional titles and territories to his descendents over and over again and also vouchsafed land for building mansions. During the second year of Emperor Zhihe of the North Song Dynasty (1055), Song Renzong granted the title Mr. Yans...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 6076) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 14 May 2009 22:30:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/qufu/attraction/cemetery-of-confucius/The tomb of Confucius is the longest preserved and largest of the clan graves and artificial gardens. The walls here were constructed out of grey bricks; it is 3 to 4 meters high, 7.3 kilometers long and covers an area of 3000 mu (a unit of area). Inside the walls are many flourishing ancient trees. It was said that Confucius’ disciples collected and planted the trees of their hometowns in the Tomb of Confucius Forest. The tombs, with many graves, steles and ants inside, include not only the gr...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 543) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 14 May 2009 22:11:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/qufu/attraction/confucius-temple/Qufu Confucius Temple is the original temple for sacrificing to Confucius and served as the model for the other 2000 Confucian temples in China, Korea, Japan,Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore and America. It was built in 478 B.C. and continued as a center for sacrifices for over 2400 years. It is the most ancient temple in China and also one of the most famous architectural complexes now existent. Leading up to the temple is Divinity Road, a solemn avenue lined with pine trees. The main body of the...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 6079) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 30 Apr 2009 1:24:00 GMTlalahttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/qufu/attraction/weishan-lake/Weishan Lake, famous for the film Guerilla in Railway shot here, is 150 kilometers long from the south to the north, and 6 to 20 kilometers wide from the east to the west, which is made of four connected lakes, i.e. Weishan, Zhaoyang，Dushan and Nanyang lakes. It holds the water resources from Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui and Henan provinces, with over 40 rivers converging here, which have formed the biggest freshwater lake in the south of China. Jing-Hang Great Canal runs though the whole lake and i...]]>SELECT top 1 Location + filename + '-s' + pictype as picurl FROM dbo.Web_Photo WHERE (VResourceSN = 6078) AND (ServiceType = 7) ORDER BY dateEdit DESCFri 30 Apr 2009 1:23:00 GMTlalahttp://www.chinatravel.com/shandong/qufu/attraction/confucius-six-arts-city/Confucius Six Arts City in Qufu is a large cultural tourism city, based on the Six Arts (rites, music, archery, charioteering, reading and writing, and arithmetic), which was what Confucius taught and advocated then, with the aim of expanding excellent Chinese traditional culture. The city was combined with both knowledge and interest by using the modern technological construction. There are eight sights in it: the large copper carving of Confucius traveling in various states reproduced the scen...]]>