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A descendant of Confucius reads lament during an ancestor worship ceremony held at the cemetery of Confucius in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, April 5, 2009. About 300 descendants of Confucius from domestic and abroad attended the ceremony here on Sunday. Confucius (551 B.C. -- 479 B.C.), native of Qufu, was a great thinker, philosopher, and educator in ancient China. [Xinhua]
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![A descendant of Confucius reads lament during an ancestor worship ceremony held at the cemetery of Confucius in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, April 5, 2009. About 300 descendants of Confucius from domestic and abroad attended the ceremony here on Sunday. Confucius (551 B.C. -- 479 B.C.), native of Qufu, was a great thinker, philosopher, and educator in ancient China. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090406/000802aa2f490b43e3a837.jpg "A descendant of Confucius reads lament during an ancestor worship ceremony held at the cemetery of Confucius in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, April 5, 2009. About 300 descendants of Confucius from domestic and abroad attended the ceremony here on Sunday. Confucius (551 B.C. -- 479 B.C.), native of Qufu, was a great thinker, philosopher, and educator in ancient China. [Xinhua]")