A ceremony is held in Quzhou of Zhejiang on Tuesday to mark the 2,572nd birthday of Confucius, an ancient Chinese educator and philosopher, Sept 28, 2021. [Photo by Xu Jun/For chinadaily.com.cn]

A ceremony was held at the Nanzong Confucius Temple in the Quzhou city of Zhejiang province on Tuesday to mark the 2,572nd birthday of Confucius, an ancient Chinese educator and philosopher.

Quzhou is home to the Confucian ancestral hall for the southern branch of the Confucian family, which is one of two Confucian family temples in the world. The other is in the Qufu city of Shandong province.