CHINA-SHANDONG-QUFU-WORLD INTERNET CONFERENCE-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

CHINA-SHANDONG-QUFU-WORLD INTERNET CONFERENCE-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(230627) -- QUFU, June 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children read the Analects of Confucius at the Confucius Temple in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, June 27, 2023. A series of activities to promote traditional Chinese culture were held at the Confucius Temple in Qufu during the World Internet Conference Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

CHINA-SHANDONG-QUFU-WORLD INTERNET CONFERENCE-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

CHINA-SHANDONG-QUFU-WORLD INTERNET CONFERENCE-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (CN)

(230627) -- QUFU, June 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children read the Analects of Confucius at the Confucius Temple in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, June 27, 2023. A series of activities to promote traditional Chinese culture were held at the Confucius Temple in Qufu during the World Internet Conference Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

CHINA-SHANDONG-QUFU-CULTURE (CN)

CHINA-SHANDONG-QUFU-CULTURE (CN)

(230620) -- QUFU, June 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students from Jinan City recite the Analects of Confucius, or Lunyu in Chinese, during a travelling study tour in Qufu City, east China's Shandong Province, June 9, 2023. Qufu City, located in east China's Shandong Province, is the birthplace of ancient Chinese sage Confucius. The Cemetery of Confucius, the Confucius Temple and the Kong family mansion in Qufu are among venues for people to commemorate ancient Chinese sages and important places for education and research tour on the fine traditional Chinese culture. In addition, the Chinese Confucius Research Institute, the Nishan Sacredland and the Confucius Museum in Qufu, also boost the research and inheritance of Confucianism. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

Chinese revolutionary song

Chinese revolutionary song

BEIJING, China - Chinese citizens sing a ''revolutionary song'' from the era of Chairman Mao Zedong in a park in Chongqing on Feb. 18, 2011. Authorities in the major southwestern Chinese city have been promoting a campaign to sing old revolutionary songs and read the Analects of Confucius to reappraise China's traditional values and ethics.

S. Korean premier visits ancient scholar's grave in Japan

S. Korean premier visits ancient scholar's grave in Japan

OSAKA, Japan - South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil (R) offers a prayer at the gravestone in memory of Wani, who came to Japan from the Korean state of Paekche around 400, in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, on Sept. 5. Kim is completing his five-day official visit to Japan on the same day. Wani is thought to have brought the ''Analects of Confucius'' and the ''Thousand Character Classic,'' to Japan during Emperor Ojin's reign from the late fourth to early fifth centuries.

Maltese version of Analects of Confucius makes debut at book festival

STORY: Maltese version of Analects of Confucius makes debut at book festival DATELINE: Nov. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: Valletta CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the book festival and the booth for The Analects of Confucius STORYLINE: A Maltese version of The Analects of Confucius made its debut at the 2022 Malta Book Festival on Wednesday. The new book was presented by Malta's SKS Publishers at the event, which is set to last until Sunday. Joe Borg, executive secretary of SKS, told Xinhua at the festival that the company had collaborated with Chinese publisher Shandong Friendship Publishing House on the book. The Analects of Confucius, or Lunyu in Chinese, is a collection of ideas and sayings from the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius (551 B.C.-479 B.C.). It has now been translated into Maltese for the first time. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Valletta. (XHTV)

Homework 1,300 years ago reveals Xinjiang's school life in ancient times

STORY: Homework 1,300 years ago reveals Xinjiang's school life in ancient times DATELINE: May 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: TURPAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of China's Xinjiang 2. various of a document unearthed in 1969 in Astana ancient cemetery 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DILINUR MAIMING, Docent at Turpan Museum STORYLINE: What was school life like in China's Xinjiang in ancient times? A document unearthed in 1969 in Astana ancient cemetery in Turpan, eastern Xinjiang, offers an intriguing glimpse. The document is a 5-meter scroll, written by Bu Tianshou, a 12-year-old student in 710 AD, Tang Dynasty. Bu transcribed several chapters of two books -- the annotations of the Analects of Confucius by famous scholar Zheng Xuan and The Thousand Character Classic, a Chinese poem used as a primer for teaching Chinese characters to children in ancient China -- both were assigned readings at that time. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DILINUR MAIMING, Docent at Turpan Museum "This is a copy of Zheng

Chinese revolutionary song

Chinese revolutionary song

BEIJING, China - Chinese citizens sing a ''revolutionary song'' from the era of Chairman Mao Zedong in a park in Chongqing on Feb. 18, 2011. Authorities in the major southwestern Chinese city have been promoting a campaign to sing old revolutionary songs and read the Analects of Confucius to reappraise China's traditional values and ethics. (Kyodo)