An eight minute documentary held in UNESCO's own Multimedia Archives, produced in 2009 to document the annual sacrificial rite held every 28 September at the Confucian Temple in Qufu, Shandong, Confucius's hometown, marking his birthday. The film follows participants as they enter the temple through its main gate, light incense and candles, bow three times and present offerings of wine and refined white silk while an address is read, before a feast is offered in his honour. UNESCO's own record describes the rite as embodying and promoting Confucian philosophy through verbal communication and practical demonstration, and it was inscribed as national intangible cultural heritage and, later, onto UNESCO's Representative List.
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Release Year Country of Origin Subject Matter
Religious Subject MatterThe annual Confucian sacrificial rite honouring Confucius's birthday at the Confucian Temple, Qufu: named outright as this documentary's subject by UNESCO's own record. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Qufu, Cities This source names Qufu directly: "September at the Confucian Temple in Qufu, Shandong, Confucius's hometown, marking his birthday."
Belongs to Tradition
UNESCO's own Multimedia Archives item page names the Confucian Temple and the Confucian philosophy the rite transmits outright, a second screenwork the atlas now holds for the tradition.
Depicts
UNESCO's own record names Confucius directly as the sacrificial rite's honouree: the documentary shows the annual ceremony held every 28 September to mark his birthday.
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