The 2022 Confucius Memorial Ceremony was held in Qufu, Jining in East China's Shandong province on Sept 28, attracting many people from home and abroad to show their respect for Confucius and his legacy.

The worship ceremony, with a history of more than 2,000 years, was included in the first batch of National List of Intangible Cultural Heritages in China in 2006, and is held annually in Qufu, a county-level city and the hometown of China's well-known philosopher Confucius.

The 2022 Confucius Memorial Ceremony is held in Qufu, Jining in East China's Shandong province on Sept 28. [Photo by Yang Guoqing/for chinadaily.com.cn]

The Confucius Memorial Ceremony is regarded as one of the most important cultural activities to promote traditional Chinese culture to the world. [Photo by Yang Guoqing/for chinadaily.com.cn]

The 2022 Confucius Memorial Ceremony is held in Qufu, Jining in East China's Shandong province on Sept 28. [Photo by Yang Guoqing/for chinadaily.com.cn]

The ceremony includes activities such as music and dancing performances, which represent Confucian ideology and traditional Chinese philosophy. [Photo by Yang Guoqing/for chinadaily.com.cn]

The grand ceremony is held every year on Sept 28 in Qufu, Shandong province, the hometown of Confucius, one of the most well-known philosophers in China's history. [Photo by Yang Guoqing/for chinadaily.com.cn]