28/09 Dancing opera about Confucius staged in E China's Shandong

English.news.cn | 2011-09-28 09:58:06 | Editor: Mo Hong'e

Actors perform during a dancing opera about Confucius (551-497BC), a Chinese thinker, educationist and philosopher, in Qufu, Confucius' hometown in east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 27, 2011. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)

28/09 Ceremony held to mark 2,562nd birthday of Confucius

English.news.cn | 2011-09-28 18:53:57 | Editor: Deng Shasha

birthday of Confucius (551-479 BC), a great

People attend the ceremony held at the Confucius Temple in Qufu, Confucius' hometown in east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 28, 2011, to commemorate the 2,562nd birthday of Confucius (551-479 BC), a great Chinese thinker, educationist and philosopher. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)

Chinese thinker, educationist and philosopher. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)

A ceremony is held at the Confucius Temple in Qufu, Confucius' hometown in east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 28, 2011, to commemorate the 2,562nd birthday of Confucius (551-479 BC), a great Chinese thinker, educationist and philosopher. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)

People attend the ceremony held at the Confucius Temple in Qufu, Confucius' hometown in east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 28, 2011, to commemorate the 2,562nd birthday of Confucius (551-479 BC), a great Chinese thinker, educationist and philosopher. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)

A ceremony is held at the Confucius Temple in Qufu, Confucius' hometown in east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 28, 2011, to commemorate the 2,562nd birthday of Confucius (551-479 BC), a great Chinese thinker, educationist and philosopher. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)