Confucius Ceremony
A ceremony in Maryland celebrating Confucius birthday. Check out how old he is! Kinda hope people celebrate my birthday that far down the line!
Just thought it was pretty amazing that his beliefs have carried on for so long and are still celebrated. Pretty Impressive!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoaGj6E3mmE&NR=1


Love Actually-All You Need is Love by the Beatles
A montage of clips from the movie Love Actually while listening to the Beatles, All You Need Is Love.
Personally I love this movie and the song as well. Since Confucianism believes in human morality and good doings I thought this clip and song fit perfectly together! To me they are the epitome of good doings and making others happy, especially needed in todays world. Who doesn't love to watch others smile:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=facYgFJu7AE&feature=related

Confucianism is an ancient Chinese ethical and philosophical system originally developed from the teachings of the early Chinese philosopher Confucius. Its focuses on human morality and good doings. Confucianism is a complex system of moral, social, political, philosophical and quasi-religious thought that has had tremendous influence on the culture and history of East Asia. Some consider it to be the state religion of East Asian countries because of governmental promotion of Confucian values.

The cultures most strongly influenced by Confucianism include those of China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and Vietnam as well as various territories settled predominantly by Chinese people.

Confucius (551-479 BCE) was a sage and social philosopher of China whose teachings have deeply influenced East Asia for two thousand five hundred years. The relationship between Confucianism and Confucius himself, however, is tenuous. Confucius' ideas were not accepted during his lifetime and he frequently bemoaned the fact that he remained unemployed by any of the feudal lords.

As with many other prominent figures humanity does not have direct access to Confucius' ideas. However, we can sketch out Confucius' ideas from the fragments that remain. Confucius was a man of letters who worried about the troubled times in which he lived. He went from place to place trying to spread his political ideas and influence to the many kings contending for supremacy in China.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucianism
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~vsdb/confucius.jpg