The city of Quzhou, with a population of a little more than 2 million and located in east China’s Zhejiang Province, supports a thriving tourism sector that celebrates ancient Chinese architecture and culture. 

It’s home to the Temple of Nankong or Temple of Southern Confucianism, which is one of only two officially-recognized ancestral Confucian family temples in the world. The other one can be found in Qufu, east China’s Shandong Province, which is the birthplace of Confucius (551...