China Taiwan Province Province celebrates Teachers' Day on September 28th every year, which is also the birthday of Confucius, the pioneer of ancient education in China. Teacher's Day was first established by Taiwan Province Provincial Central University in 193 1 year, with the date of June 6th. 1932 was designated as National Teacher's Day by the Ministry of Education of the National Government. 1939, the Ministry of Education changed August 27th, the birthday of Confucius, to Teacher's Day.
Every year on Teacher's Day, not only Confucius temples all over the country will hold ceremonies to pay homage to Confucius, but also express the greatest respect to Confucius with the most solemn etiquette. At the "Teachers' Day Celebration Conference" organized by educational administrative units at all levels and local governments, senior and excellent teachers' certificates will be awarded respectively in recognition of teachers' contributions to society.
Basic knowledge about Confucius' birthday
Confucius' birthday, the full name of Confucius' birthday anniversary, is a festival to commemorate Confucius' birthday. It fell on August 27th in the summer of the 22nd year of Duke Xiang of Lu, that is, Gengzi Day (Zhou Zheng) in October of the 22nd year of Duke Xiang of Lu or September 28th of the Western calendar. Confucius was a famous educator in the Spring and Autumn Period and was regarded as the most holy teacher. Lu Xianggong was born in Qufu, Shandong Province in the 22nd year (55 BC1).
The date of birth of Confucius has been controversial and unclear. During the Republic of China, Confucius' birthday recorded in Gu Liang Zhuan, which was widely accepted by the people, was the 27th day of the eighth lunar month. In modern times, western learning was advocated and the western calendar was counted. But there are two calendars in the west, namely "julian calendar" and "Gregorian calendar", which are calculated as "julian calendar 55 1 BC1October 4th" and "Gregorian calendar 55 1 September 28th BC" respectively.
In the end, the government of the Republic of China chose the mainstream "Gregorian calendar" and set the then "Teacher's Day" as September 28th.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Taiwan Province Teachers' Day Baidu Encyclopedia-Confucius' Birthday.