Kong Xiangkai
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han, born in January 1938, a native of Quzhou City, Zhejiang Province. A direct descendant of Confucius, whose forebears moved south and settled in Quzhou. The Southern Confucian memorial ceremony has traditionally been transmitted through the line of Confucius's eldest direct grandson. In 1947 he succeeded to the office of Sacrificial Officer of the Southern Branch and took part in the grand ceremony of sacrifice to Confucius. In 2000 he became director of the management committee of the Southern Branch Family Temple in Quzhou and set about restoring the Southern Confucian memorial ceremony. In 2004, at his initiative, the ceremony was revived, and since then he has been responsible each year for its planning and organisation. He advanced the idea of "contemporary people honouring Confucius" and has made numerous contributions in theoretical research. He has lectured in Taiwan as well as in the Republic of Korea and Japan, and serves as a council member of the International Confucian Association.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of the Confucius Memorial Ceremony (Southern Confucian Memorial Ceremony), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Through Analects study competitions and first-writing ceremonies he has actively promoted traditional culture in schools and has spared no effort in training transmitters.
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