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Participants wearing traditional costumes perform during a ritual to mark the 2,573rd anniversary of the Confucius' birth at the Confucian Temple in Fuzhou, east China's Fuzhou Province, Sept. 28, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Lv Ming)
Confucius (551-479 BC), an educator and philosopher, founded the school of thought, Confucianism, that deeply influenced China.
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Participants wearing traditional costumes perform during a ritual to mark the 2,573rd anniversary of the Confucius' birth at the Confucian Temple in Fuzhou, east China's Fuzhou Province, Sept. 28, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Lv Ming)
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Participants wearing traditional costumes perform during a ritual to mark the 2,573rd anniversary of the Confucius' birth at the Confucian Temple in Fuzhou, east China's Fuzhou Province, Sept. 28, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Lv Ming)
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Participants wearing traditional costumes perform during a ritual to mark the 2,573rd anniversary of the Confucius' birth at the Confucian Temple in Fuzhou, east China's Fuzhou Province, Sept. 28, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Lv Ming)
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Participants wearing traditional costumes perform during a ritual to mark the 2,573rd anniversary of the Confucius' birth at the Confucian Temple in Fuzhou, east China's Fuzhou Province, Sept. 28, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Lv Ming)
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Participants wearing traditional costumes perform during a ritual to mark the 2,573rd anniversary of the Confucius' birth at the Confucian Temple in Fuzhou, east China's Fuzhou Province, Sept. 28, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Lv Ming)
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Participants wearing traditional costumes perform during a ritual to mark the 2,573rd anniversary of the Confucius' birth at the Confucian Temple in Fuzhou, east China's Fuzhou Province, Sept. 28, 2022. (Photo: China News Service/Lv Ming)