Taiwan’s first Confucius temple hosts birthday rite

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 29, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA

The Confucius Temple in southern Tainan, Taiwan’s first temple dedicated to Confucius, held a

ceremony to celebrate the birthday of the Chinese politician and philosopher yesterday, which was Teacher’s Day in Taiwan.

The ceremony, which began at 5am and is held every year, marked the birth of Confucius 2,569 years ago and followed an ancient tradition that has remained unchanged for more than 2,000 years, the temple’s cultural foundation said.

Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) presided over the ritual while hundreds of people looked on.

One of the rites was a formation dance in which 36 children lined up in six rows and six columns to pay respect to Confucius.    [FULL  STORY]