In the autumn ceremony for Confucius, Zhongyi Elementary School students performed the Liuya dance.

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[Reporter Hong Ruiqin/Tainan Report] Tainan City's Autumn Memorial Ceremony for the Dacheng Master Confucius this year was held at 5:00 a.m. today (28th) in the Dacheng Hall of the Confucius Temple. He led the sub-officers, representatives of government agencies at all levels, academia and education to perform various ceremonies in accordance with ancient rituals to express respect for teachers.

Huang Weizhe said that it is a tradition in Tainan to hold a memorial ceremony at the Confucius Temple, the first school in Taiwan. It is not only an admiration for Confucius's educated spirit, but also his respect for Confucius' status. , to express our respect and gratitude for the dedication and hard work of teachers across the country.

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This year’s ceremony also invited the teacher of the Shiyu Award to serve as the sub-officer. The whole process of the ceremony lasted about 1 hour. In addition to the main and sub-officers, the team of students from Zhongyi Elementary School who performed the six-dance dance was in charge of the Confucian sacrifice ceremony. The music performers, and many people watching the ceremony, waited quietly outside the Dacheng Hall before dawn, waiting for the ceremony to begin. At 5 o'clock, the ceremony began after the performance of Yale and Liuyu dance, the process was solemn and solemn.

This year, a group of students from Tainan No. 1 Middle School, led by the principal of No. 1 Middle School, Liao Caigu, and writer Wang Haoyi, came to watch the ceremony.

Liao Caigu said that the ceremony of offering sacrifices to Confucius is one of the traditional ceremonies to express respect for teachers and Taoism. Through field observation and in-depth explanations, students can have different learning experiences and understand the cultural significance of respecting teachers and respecting Taoism.

In line with the anti-epidemic policy, after this year's Confucius Ceremony is over, the activity of plucking the wisdom hair will still be suspended, and considering the safety of epidemic prevention, this year, regardless of the personnel participating in the Confucian sacrificial ceremony or the tourists watching the ceremony, all wear masks throughout the process to implement the epidemic prevention regulations.

In the autumn Confucian ceremony, all participants wear masks.

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In the autumn ceremony of offering sacrifices to Confucius, the people attended the ceremony in an orderly manner.

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The autumn sacrifice to Confucius was held in the Dacheng Hall of the Confucius Temple. Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe and Ren Zhengxian expressed his respect for Confucius and thanked the teachers for their hard work according to the ancient etiquette.

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The Confucian sacrifice ceremony in autumn was completed by Zheng Xianguan and Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe (4th from the front right), leading the various officials to follow the ancient ceremony.

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