A ceremony is held in Qufu, East China's Shandong province to celebrate the 2,569th birthday of Confucius, an ancient Chinese educator and philosopher on Sept 28, 2018. [Photo/VCG]

A traditional sacrificial ceremony is held to commemorate Mencius at the Temple and Family Mansion of Mencius in Zoucheng city, East China's Shandong province. Mencius (372-289 BC), or Meng Zi, was a great philosopher of ancient China. [Photo/WeChat account: rmrbwx]

An aerial photo records the wheat harvest scene in the rural area of Shandong. [Photo/WeChat account: rmrbwx]