In Tsujfu celebrated the birthday of Confucius a reconstruction of the famous ritual

September 28, the birthday of Confucius (551 - 479 BC), the great Chinese educator, philosopher and politician - in the framework of the 35th China international cultural festival of Confucius in the city of Tsujfu reconstruction took place the solemn ceremony of the Confucian era Wushu. The event, organized by people's government of the province. Shandong, aroused the interest and respect of the scientists of antiquity.

The accepted wisdom is that Chinese rituals and music originated in the Shandong thousands of years ago, and both of these objects of intangible cultural heritage are related to the family of Confucius. On the morning of 28 September in Qufu, held a ceremonial reconstruction of Confucian ritual, which included the opening ceremony of the gate of the Confucius temple, offerings of baskets of flowers, memorial performance of dance with musical accompaniment, the reading of Eulogy and other events dedicated to the scholars and sages of the past.

Solemn Confucian ceremony is a large-scale dance-theatrical performance on the occasion of the birthday of the great thinker. The name, time, place, norms of etiquette, sacred gifts, dance music, welcome messages and other attributes of the ceremony are strictly regulated by the code of conduct public memorial services in the Temple of Confucius in Tsujfu. This year the ceremony was characterised by much improved design and a pronounced flavor of that made the performance a real "highlight" of the festival.

In addition to the traditional events - the opening ceremony, award 13th award of the UNESCO Confucius literacy, Confucian ceremony in 2018, organizers of the Cultural festival in Tsujfu included in the program of the celebrations, many other activities, including the international Symposium on "the Doctrine of Confucius, Mai-Tzu and the Chinese national spirit", International marketing conference on educational tourism-2018 (in Jining), international training workshop, UNESCO, and the 1st Conference of businessmen-Confucians under the theme of "Visiting the sacred city of the East", The exhibition of selected works of calligraphy and fine arts dedicated to the sayings of Confucius, etc.