[Explanation] "The thousand-year-old ritual and music belong to Donglu, and the king will worship Su Wang forever.

On September 28th, the 2020 (Gengzi Year) Ceremony to commemorate Confucius was held in the Confucian Temple in Qufu, Shandong’s hometown of Confucius. More than 300 people from all walks of life, including representatives of Confucius descendants and UNESCO officials from all over China, will commemorate together in accordance with the traditional ceremony. The Holy Master Confucius's 2571 birthday.

Affected by the new crown epidemic, this year's sacrificial ceremony will combine the on-site worship of Confucianism with the global Confucian Temple "Cloud Offering of Confucianism", and use the online Confucian worship platform to allow people from all walks of life at home and abroad to participate online and offline simultaneously to remember the most sage Confucius.

　　[Concurrent] Lu Yansheng, a staff member of Jining Cultural Heritage Development Center

　　Compared with previous years, there are many differences, mainly in the aspect of "cloud offering to kong". Because of the impact of the epidemic this year, in order to ensure safety, we adopted the method of "cloud offering to kong" to share sacrifices with all parts of the world. In the case of Confucius Dadian, we cooperated with Wuwei in Gansu, Quzhou in Zhejiang, Changchun in Jilin and the Confucian Temple in Beijing.

　　[Explanation] At nine o'clock in the morning, the solemn ancient music sounded, marking the official start of the ceremony to worship Confucius.

With the sound of "Qihu", the Dacheng Gate of the Confucian Temple slowly opened, and the priests wore yellow ribbons to climb up the stairs and worship Dacheng, the most sage master Confucius.

The reporter saw in the Confucian Temple that despite the launch of the "Cloud Sacrifice to Confucian" and "Online Sacrifice to Confucian" platform this year, there are still many descendants of Confucius who rushed to the ancestral temple from various places for on-site sacrifices.

　　[Concurrent] The 77th generation Sun Kong Deli of Confucius, Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Confucius Institute

　　We wear masks, keep a good distance, do a good job of testing, but also to express our respect to the first teacher.

This year's mood is extraordinarily heavy. This heavy feeling is that the significance of Confucius' thoughts in the contemporary era is more prominent.

When we are facing a disaster and facing this kind of human being irresistible, how do we treat it?

I feel that this year's sacrifice to Confucius is especially for reflection, to deeply explore the contemporary significance of Confucius' thoughts.

　　[Explanation] In front of the Dacheng Hall of the Confucian Temple, more than 300 people from all walks of life trim their clothes, bow three times under the guidance of the ceremonial officer, and present flower baskets to Confucius one by one.

Jia Jianjun, the leader of the first batch of aid to the Hubei medical team in Jining City, participated in the Confucian Memorial Ceremony as an advanced individual representative of the epidemic.

He told reporters that he was inspired by the values ​​of "university under heaven", "benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom, trust" and other values ​​to build up a family and country feeling.

　　[Concurrent] Jining City's first aid to Hubei Medical Team Captain Jia Jianjun

　　Usual ears and eyes are more conducive to the cultivation of our family and national feelings, and it also makes us more patriotic. Only when we have a country can we have a home. This kind of thinking has made us deeply rooted since childhood, so that we can not be a small family during the epidemic. Xiaojia, taking care of everyone, can rush to the front line obligatory.

　　(Reported by Yang Fei, Qufu, Shandong)

Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]