The 2016 Qufu International Confucius Cultural Festival as well as an award ceremony and memorial event honoring Confucius has kicked off in Qufu, Shangdong province in memory of China's greatest sage, Sept 27, 2016. [Photo/sd.people.com.cn]

Themed around "carry forward excellent traditional culture, build the best community of civility", the Confucius Cultural Festival's goal is to restore the ceremony's former glory and reconstruct history. [Photo/sd.people.com.cn]