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The Confucius Temple in Qufu, Shandong Province, is the venue for the annual International Confucius Culture Festival, which takes place from September 26th to October 10th. The festival is one of the largest celebrations commemorating Confucius (BCE 551-479), the renowned Chinese ideologist and educator, and the founder of the Confucian school of what today might best be termed social philosophy, as it stresses morality both at the individual level and as regards public office.
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Co-sponsored by various state ministries and state commissions - and also by the local government of the city of Qingdao - the Qingdao International Beer Festival was launched in the year 1991, in celebration of the city’s 100th birthday. Since then, the Qingdao International Beer Festival has blossomed into a festive event that ignites the imagination of the city of Qingdao each year, and which attracts both beer lovers and beer manufacturers from near and far, including from the rest of China …

It has been a long-standing tradition for people living near the mouth of the Qiantang River to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival by watching the tidal bore*, which they enjoy from a safe distance while enjoying another staple of the Mid-Autumn Festival: moon cake.** The International Qiantang River Tidal Bore Watching Festival, as it is now called, has also become a popular attraction for tourists.

Yanguan Town in Haining (aka Xiashi) County, Zheijiang Province, just north of Hangzhou Bay (a…