Feature: Japan holds festival to pay tribute to philosophy of Confucius
TOKYO, April 19 (Xinhua) -- A group of first- and second-grade Japanese elementary school students on Thursday chanted songs in honor of Confucius in the courtyard of the 316-year-old Taku Seibyo, a Confucian temple in the city of Taku, Saga Prefecture, southwest Japan.
Taku Seibyo is a temple where the soul of Confucius, the founder of Confucianism, is enshrined. Founded by Shigefumi Taku, the city's fourth dom