Opening Ceremony of the 2023 China (Qufu) International Confucius Cultural Festival and Awarding Ceremony of the 18th UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy of the Confucius Cultural Week for Chinese and Foreign Students is held in Qufu City, east China's Shandong Province. A three-day Confucius cultural festival in honor of the 2,574th birthday of Confucius and a series of memorial and cultural exchange activities have been held at his birthplace.