A cultural league was founded on Nov 11 in Jinan, the capital of Shandong province, to increase the province's cultural competitiveness.
Better known in China as "Master Meng", Mencius was a fourth-century BC Chinese thinker whose importance in the Confucian tradition is second only to that of Confucius himself.
2561st birthday of Confucius celebrated
Scholars from China and abroad gathered in Shandong province's Nishan city, the hometown of ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius, for a dialogue on the world's two predominant civilizations - Confucianism and Christianity - on Sunday.
Thanks to an absence of crowds, one can engage in quiet contemplation amid the fantastically gnarled trees and stately pavilions in front of the temple's Dacheng Dian main hall. Each individual pavilion commemorates different historical events.
A statue highlighting an upcoming dialogue between the world's two predominant civilizations, Confucianism and Christianity, is to be erected in the birthplace of China's great philosopher, Confucius, as a monument to the Chinese people's growing initiatives in the new century to engage with overseas civilizations.
The hometown of China's great philosopher, Confucius, in east China's Shandong Province, is scheduled to build its first large Christian church.