The memorial ceremony for the 2,569th anniversary of the birth of Confucius will be held in Quzhou, southeast China's Zhejiang province at 9 a.m. on Sept. 28, and China.org.cn will be live blogging in multiple languages at the ceremony.

The ceremony featuring tributes and recitals will be held at the Southern Confucius Ancestral Temple, one of the two temples in China belonging to direct descendants of Confucius.

Kong Xiangkai, director of the management committee of Quzhou Southern Confucius Ancestral Temple and the 75th generation in the lineal descent of Confucius, will serve as the master of ceremony.

The annual memorial ceremony held in Quzhou has been selected as a national intangible cultural heritage since 2011, which calls on people to commemorate Confucius in contemporary China.

Born in 551 B.C., the great philosopher and educator provided concepts that are considered a principle philosophy in China for more than 2,000 years, and are also admired internationally.

Since 2012, Quzhou has dedicated great efforts to building its cultural industry park in a bid to carry on Confucianism teachings and lead the local economic transformation and advancement.

With the sole state-level cultural industry trial park in Zhejiang province, Quzhou has built many cultural establishments aimed at carrying forward Chinese traditional cultures by teaching visitors about Confucianism and allowing them to experience the cultures of Ming and Qing dynasties.

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