What is the apricot altar? What is the difference between an apricot altar and an apricot grove?

It is the place where Confucius gave lectures, and also refers to the place where people gather to give lectures.

The difference between the apricot altar and the apricot forest:1. The reference is differentXingtan is mostly used as a metaphor for the education industry, and Xinglin is a synonym for the Chinese medicine community.

2. The protagonists are differentXingtan was originally a building built to commemorate Confucius's lectures, and was a symbol of the brilliance of Confucius's education, and was later used as a metaphor for the education world. The word apricot forest ** in the Three Kingdoms period of the Fujian Taoist doctor Dong Feng, he did not take money for the treatment of people, only let the ** person plant five apricot trees in front of the house, and later formed an apricot forest, people used the apricot forest to praise the doctor.

3. The site is differentXingtan is located in front of the Dacheng Hall of Confucius Temple in Qufu City, Shandong Province, and according to legend, it is the place where Confucius taught. The former site of Xinglin is in today's Lushan City, Jiangxi Province and Fengyang, Anhui Province, and now Xinglin has become synonymous with traditional Chinese medicine.

Apricot altar features:The apricot altar is built to commemorate Confucius's lectures, when Confucius's 45th generation grandson Confucius Daofu supervised the repair of the Confucian Temple, the main hall was moved back, except the ground for the altar, and the ring was planted with apricots, and the name was "Apricot Altar". The apricot altar is a symbol of the brilliance of Confucius education.

The apricot altar is a monument built to commemorate Confucius in running a school and teaching, and it is located in the palace and has a heavy eaves. Bucket eight caisson wells are used inside, yellow glass is used for tiles, and golden dragons and seals are used for color paintings, and the specifications are very high. It was built in the Jin Dynasty and rebuilt in Mongolia in the fourth year of the Yuan Dynasty.

The existing building is a relic of Ming Longqing, high meters, wide meters, open on all sides, 3 rooms on each side.

Xingtan refers to education.

Although there is only one word difference between "apricot altar" and "apricot forest", the reference is different. The former refers to education, and the latter refers to medicine.

Speaking of "Apricot Grove", there is another allusion here. According to Ge Hong, a Jin person, in "The Legend of the Immortals Dong Feng", there is a person named L Dong Feng, who usually does not farm, but specializes in treating people. However, he never took money from patients, but he once asked a seriously ill son to plant a five-story apricot tree, and a mild illness to plant an apricot tree when he recovered.

A few years later, the apricot trees bore fruit. So, Dong Feng said to people that if anyone wants to buy Rong, they don't need money, just exchange it for millet.

In this way, Dong Feng had a lot of grain. He used these grains to pick up the poor and the travelers, who did not have enough money to travel. Later, people used "Xinglin" to describe Dong Feng's interests for the people.

Later, people extended "apricot forest" to "apricot forest spring warmth", "reputation full of forest" and so on, but they all refer to those who have extraordinary medical skills or noble medical skills.

The allusion of "Apricot Altar".

It was first published in a fable by Zhuangzi. In that fable, Zhuangzi said that Confucius gathered disciples everywhere to teach and gave lectures in the apricot forest wherever he went. When he rested, he sat on the apricot altar.

Later, people based on this fable of Zhuangzi, put the'"The altar" is called the place where Confucius lectured on the collapse of the bridge, and it also refers to the place where people gather to give lectures. Later, people built altars, pavilions, book tablets, and planted apricots for the Confucian Temple in the east of the mountain. In the Northern Future, the descendants of Confucius built an altar in the ancestral temple of Qufu in Wushan, and planted apricot trees around it, so it was named "apricot altar".

Xingtan refers to education, although there is only a word difference between "Xingtan" and "Xinglin", but the reference is not the same. The former refers to education, and the latter refers to medicine.

Speaking of "Apricot Grove", there is another allusion here. According to Ge Hong, a Jin person, in "The Legend of the Immortals: Dong Feng", there is a person named Dong Feng, who usually does not farm and specializes in treating people. However, he never takes money from his patients, but he has one requirement:

Plant five apricot trees when you are seriously ill, and plant one apricot tree when you are cured when you are mildly ill. A few years later, the apricot trees bore fruit.

So, Dong Feng said to people that if anyone wants to buy apricots, they don't need money, just exchange it for millet. In this way, Dong Feng had a lot of grain. He used the grain to give to the poor and the passers-by, who did not have enough money to travel.

Later, people used "Xinglin" to describe Dong Feng's interests for the people. Later, people extended "apricot forest" to "apricot forest spring warmth", "reputation full of apricot forest" and so on.

But they all refer to those who are extraordinary in medicine or noble in medical ethics. The allusion to the "apricot altar" first came from a fable of Zhuangzi. In that sedan chair and fable, Zhuangzi said that Confucius gathered disciples everywhere to teach and gave lectures in the apricot forest wherever he went.

When he rested, he sat on the apricot altar. Later, according to this fable of Zhuangzi, people called the "apricot altar" the place where Confucius taught.

It also refers to a place where people gather to give lectures. Later, people built altars, pavilions, book tablets, and planted apricots in front of the Dacheng Hall of Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the descendants of Confucius built an altar in the ancestral temple of Qufu and planted apricot trees around it, so it was named after Huiyuan's "apricot altar".