Qufu - the home of Confucious (and not much else)

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do" [Confucious, 4th century BC]
On the weekend we left Shaolin Kung Fu school we decided we would see a bit of Qufu (the nearest town to the school) given it was the home of Confucius.
A couple of our group from school came with us too which was nice.
After paying an extortionate entry fee, we went into the Confucious temple. I've not got much to say about it as there wasn't much written in English! A few nice buildings (many of which spring up after Confucious' time), the spot where he used to teach and about a billion Chinese tourists

We then went and had a posh cup of tea in the Shangri-La hotel to get out of the heat:

On the way back into town we spotted a bakery giving away cake and a kind Chinese gentleman pushed to the front of the queue and got us a couple of slices of very average cake, but it was the thought that counts!
An average (but thankfully cheap) dinner later and we said goodbye to our friends and stayed the night in the local hostel before abandoning plans to go to Jining to catch a plane, and getting a train to Shanghai instead, hoping for some of the glitz it is famous for. Perhaps it could lend some to Qufu?!