Ever since China’s President ... smashing relics and defacing the old Confucian temple. In communist propaganda, Confucius was vilified as a feudal leftover responsible for the oppression ...

Beijing’s favor of Confucius’ hometown ... the ceremony in the Confucius Temple itself, joining international students bussed in from Shanghai’s East China Normal University.

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2004, file photo, foreign tourists walk past a statue of ancient Chinese philosopher Confucious, at the Confucian Temple in Beijing. China is running five-day Confucian ...

A statue of the Chinese philosopher Confucius, at the Confucian Temple in Beijing, China [Rolex Dela Pena/EPA] Ask any educated person in the world to name one great Chinese thinker, and you’ll ...

Located on Guozijian Street inside Anding Gate, the Temple of Confucius in Beijing is the place where ... thinker and educationalist in ancient China, ranking only behind the Temple of Confucius ...

[Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] Confucius' principles ... A ritual practice took place on Oct 18 at the Beijing Confucian Temple and the Imperial College, drawing more than 400 people to show ...

But, as China turns 61, the Great Helmsman is out and Confucius, who would have turned 2,561 on Sept. 28, is in. As early as February 2005, the Beijing leadership began endorsing the sage’s ...

Now just a two-hour train ride from Beijing, thanks to the ... who bear the same “Kong” surname as Confucius. At the heart of Qufu is the Confucius Temple, first built to honour the sage ...

From People’s Daily Online: Beijing has launched a massive maintenance project on the centuries-old Confucian Temple and Imperial College, the national capital’s cultural relics bureau said ...

Beijing focuses on the imperial Confucius who was all about ... and is buried here in Shandong Province, China. The memorial gate is in the Qufu temple district. Photograph by Werner Forman ...