Commemorating Confucius holds modern meaning By YANG FEIYUE and ZHAO RUIXUE in Jining, Shandong | China Daily | Updated: 2026-09-29 06:19

https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202609/29/WS6abae7ece4b06d4aa0560a42.html The words of The Analects of Confucius rose into the autumn air, set to music at the Confucius Temple in Qufu, a county-level city in Jining, Shandong province, on Monday, as people stepped forward with flower baskets and bowed during a ceremony, which was part of a ritual that has continued in various forms for centuries in the hometown of the philosopher who lived more than 2,500 years ago.