Qufu, the ancient city of the State of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period

In the long history of China, the State of Lu is just a small country not worth mentioning, but it was in this small country that Confucius, a scholar who influenced China for thousands of years, was born. Today, thousands of Confucius Institutes are spreading the ancient Chinese civilization to the world. Among the many states of the Zhou Dynasty, the State of Lu was a 'ancestral state' of the Ji family and a 'looked-upon state' among the feudal lords, hence 'none is closer to Zhou than Lu, and none is more suitable for Zhou to rely on than Lu'. The State of Lu became the preserver and implementer of the typical Zhou rites, and people say 'all Zhou rites are in Lu'.