KIUH-FOW, ky66'fou', KEtin-row, KT-row, or CHT-roe. A small prefectural city in the Department of Yon-chow-fit, Shantung, China, situated about 10 miles northeast of Yen-chow. It is noted as the birthplace of Confucius, and the residence of Duke K'ung, his lineal descend ant in the eightieth generation. The city is walled, has five gates. and is about one mile in length and half a mile in width. Two of the gates are in the south wall, the more westerly one being opened only on the occasion of an Im perial visit. A beautiful avenue cf cypresses and other tine old trees leads from this to the main entrance of the (treat Temple, or rather series of temples erected here in honor of Confucius. The main building is a gorgeous affair, of im pressive proportions, built of the heaviest teak wood from Burma, with elaborate, massive, gor geously colored eaves, and roofed with yellow glazed tiles. The front veranda is supported
by ten great stone pillars 22 feet high, two feet in diameter, each of one piece, and very deeply cut in relief with coiling dragons. Within the building stands a statue of the saint, with his favorite disciples ranged on either side. On a high table in front are some very ancient relies. In a separate inelosure a little distance to the north of the city is the Sage's grave, surrounded by the graves of the K'ung family. It is ap proached by a fine avenue of cypresses, and stands in a little forest of oak. cypress, pine, etc. The mound is 25 feet high. The graves of generation after generation are scattered all around. with monuments and imposing 'inflows. The Taiping rebels spared Kiuh-fow. Population, about 20, 000.