QUZHOU, China, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — This is a report from China SCIO:
A ceremony was held Wednesday on the Southern Confucius Ancestral Temple in Quzhou, southeastern China’s Zhejiang province, to commemorate the two,573rd anniversary of the birth of the traditional Chinese sage Confucius.
A quantity of distinguished visitors, together with authorities officers, well-respected function fashions from all walks of life, representatives from the International Confucian Association, and descendants of Confucius gathered on the ceremony and took part in a collection of actions akin to tributes and recitals.
Wu Guosheng, chairman of the Standing Committee of Quzhou Municipal People’s Congress, acted because the grasp of ceremony, and Kong Lingli, the 76th lineal descendant of Confucius, was the assistant grasp of ceremony.
Quzhou has held memorial ceremonies to celebrate the birth of Confucius yearly since 2004. The ceremonies targeted on carrying ahead tremendous traditions and fostering Confucianism in trendy instances. In current years, town has additionally scaled up efforts to promote Confucianism as its metropolis model.
This 12 months’s Confucian cultural pageant will characteristic eight themed occasions, together with a seminar, an exhibition, and a contest. The occasions will run till Oct. 15.
Memorial ceremony held in Quzhou to celebrate birth of Confucius
http://english.scio.gov.cn/chinavoices/2022-09/29/content_78443515.htm
SOURCE China SCIO
