As part of the "Shandong Travel and Read" event, foreign friends visited Confucius Mansion and Confucius Temple in Qufu city on Friday.More than ten influencers and media reporters from Japan, South Korea and Italy experienced the unique charm of the hometown of Confucius and Mencius up close.The foreign friends first visited the Confucius Temple to learn about the ancient Confucian culture, and then toured the Confucius Mansion building.The Confucius Villa is the office and residence of Confucius' eldest grandson.It covers an area of ​​about 7 hectares with about 170 buildings of various types and contains more than 100,000 cultural relics and 60,000 documents and archives from the Ming and Qing dynasties.Shiozawa Eiichi from Kyodo News said he was glad to have the opportunity to come to Jining this time.China has many cultural relics that are more than 2,000 years old and well protected.China also has an extensive traditional culture that has been passed on.He hopes more Japanese friends will come here to learn about the profound Confucian culture.South Korean vlogger Kim Junbum said, "I am very happy to have the opportunity to enjoy Jining's long historical and cultural heritage with friends from different countries." He can feel a millennium of Chinese culture here and get to know China better .