Confucius' 2569th birthday celebrated in ancient ways

The 2569th birthday of Confucius, the famous Chinese educator and philosopher, was celebrated in Liuyang on Sep. 21, 2018. The celebration included rites of passage, singing, dancing and other ceremonies in worship of Confucius that has a history of over 2,000 years. Confucius ceremony music was listed as an intangible cultural heritage in 2014. [Photo: dfic]