
Chinese Consul-General in Sydney Hu Shan addresses the 1st Confucius Culture Festival Australia in Burwood, Australia, on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. The festival opened here on Sunday to mark the 2,560th anniversary of the birth of the ancient educator and thinker. [Photo: Xinhua/Jiang Yaping]

Pupils recite chapters of LunYu (or "Analects" of Confucius) by ancient educator and thinker Confucius (551 BC-479 BC), in Burwood, Australia, on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009. [Photo: Xinhua/Jiang Yaping]