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2016 International Confucius Cultural Festival kicks off in Jining

2016/9/28 15:40:03   source:sdchina.com

  Photo taken on Sept. 27 shows the opening ceremony of 2016 China Qufu International Confucius Cultural Festival kicked off here the same day. (Photo/sdchina.com)

  Photo taken on Sept. 27 shows the scene of the awarding ceremony of the 11th UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy. (Photo/sdchina.com)

  Photo taken on Sept. 27 shows the awarding ceremony of the Confucius Friendship Prize.(Photo/sdchina.com)

  Photo taken on Sept. 27 shows the awarding ceremony of the Youth Confucius Prize. (Photo/sdchina.com)

  The opening ceremony of 2016 China Qufu International Confucius Cultural Festival and the 11th UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy Awarding Ceremony was held in Qufu, east China’s Shandong Province, on Sept. 27, 2016.

  Basic education projects from South Africa, Senegal and India won the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy this year. The Confucius Friendship Prize and the Youth Confucius Prize were also awarded here.

  Themed with “Harmony”, the festival kicked off with gorgeous performances and several significant theme events. What differ from the previous years is the Confucius Friendship Prize and the Youth Confucius Prize were also awarded here this year.

  The festival attracts experts worldwide, such as experts from Japan, Germany, Britain, Russia and America. Tsun Jin High School of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Qingdao No. 2 Middle School of Shandong, won the champion and the runner-up of the Youth Confucius Prize respectively. Wang Ziru also won the prize, who is the best debater of the 1st International High School Confucianism Debate and a student of Qingdao No. 2 Middle School.

  The Confucius Memorial Ceremony was held on the morning of Sept. 28 at Qufu Confucian Temple. The ceremony comes amid the 2567th anniversary of Confucius’s birthday and has been a miracle in the history of human worship ceremony and culture with over 2000-year uninterrupted celebration.

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