Qufu can be reached by a half hour bus ride from ... extending for more than one kilometer from south to north. Inside the wall, ancient cypresses and pines provide the buildings with shade.
It borders Jinan, the capital of Shandong province in the north; Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius in the south; Zibo, Laiwu and Linyi three cities of Shandong, and Yellow River in the west.