Honoring Sages and Promoting Enlightenment—Thematic Exhibition on the Ritual Culture of Beijing Confucius Temple

Organizer: Confucius Temple and Guozijian Museum Exhibition Period: 2024.8.28--2024.9.28 Exhibition Venue: East Square of Dacheng Hall Confucius was a great thinker and educator in ancient China. The Confucian doctrine he founded and the Confucian thought developed on this basis have had a profound impact on Chinese civilization, making it a valuable spiritual wealth contributed by the Chinese nation to all humanity. In ancient times, the worship of Confucius was closely linked to school education. Since the Tang Dynasty, "there were schools in every prefecture and county, and every school had a temple for the sages." As a model of the ancient Chinese temple-school system, the Guozijian was the highest educational institution during the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, and the Beijing Confucius Temple was the sacred hall where emperors and Guozijian teachers and students worshipped Confucius. Generations of students read his books, practiced his rituals, and admired his character. Worshipping Confucius and the sages of past generations became an important means for students to receive moral education and character cultivation. Confucius Temple and Guozijian Museum A source that is deep flows long, and roots that are deep yield lush leaves. On the occasion of the 2575th anniversary of Confucius's birth, let us traverse history to feel the profound historical and cultural connotations and the beauty of traditional rituals and music contained in the grand ceremony of worshipping Confucius. Let us pay tribute and respect to the exemplary figures of excellent traditional Chinese culture represented by Confucius, thereby further strengthening cultural confidence, continuing the historical context, and better promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture.