The picture taken on March 20, 2008 shows a view of the Confucius Temple in Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Occupying a floor space of 1,300 square meters, the Confucius Temple was built in 1410 in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It is a magnificent complex structure built according to the slope of a hill. Confucius (551-479 BC) was a great thinker, philosopher, statesman and educator. (Xinhua Photo)
The picture taken on March 20, 2008 shows a view of the main hall of the Confucius Temple in Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Occupying a floor space of 1,300 square meters, the Confucius Temple was built in 1410 in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It is a magnificent complex structure built according to the slope of a hill. Confucius (551-479 BC) was a great thinker, philosopher, statesman and educator. (Xinhua Photo)
A woman offers incense to the statue of Confucius (551-479 BC) at the Confucius Temple in Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 20, 2008. Occupying a floor space of 1,300 square meters, the Confucius Temple was built in 1410 in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It is a magnificent complex structure built according to the slope of a hill. Confucius was a great thinker, philosopher, statesman and educator. (Xinhua Photo)
Tourists visit the Confucius Temple in Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 20, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)
Tourists visit the Confucius Temple in Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 20, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)
The picture taken on March 20, 2008 shows two dragon statues decorated on the roof of a building at the Confucius Temple in Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua Photo)
