“2018 Memorial Ceremony in Hangzhou Confucius Temple” was held in Hangzhou Confucius Temple last morning, tocommemorate the 2569^th anniversary ofConfucius, who isa great Chinese thinker, educator and thefounder of Confucianism.

Themed as“Millennium Prefectural School with Taste of theSouthern Song Dynasty”, the memorial ceremony this year has been taken the form popular in Song Dynasty, to promote the traditional virtue of respect for teachers and knowledge.