James Kong (front) from Britain, the 79th-generation descendant of Confucius, attends a memorial ceremony for Confucius at the Confucius Tomb in Qufu, ancestral home of Confucius, in East China`s Shandong Province, March 30, 2008. [Xinhua]

Totaling over 130 descendants of Confucius from across the world hold a memorial ceremony for Confucius at the Confucius Tomb in Qufu, ancestral home of Confucius, in East China`s Shandong Province, March 30, 2008. [Xinhua]

Kong (back,C),daughter-in-law of one of the descendants of Confucius attends a memorial ceremony for Confucius at the Confucius Tomb in Qufu, ancestral home of Confucius, in East China`s Shandong Province, March 30, 2008. [Xinhua] Totaling over 130 descendants of Confucius from across the world hold a memorial ceremony for Confucius at the Confucius Tomb in Qufu, ancestral home of Confucius, in East China`s Shandong Province, March 30, 2008. [Xinhua] Totaling over 130 descendants of Confucius from across the world hold a memorial ceremony for Confucius at the Confucius Tomb in Qufu, ancestral home of Confucius, in East China`s Shandong Province, March 30, 2008. [Xinhua] Totaling over 130 descendants of Confucius from across the world hold a memorial ceremony for Confucius at the Confucius Tomb in Qufu, ancestral home of Confucius, in East China`s Shandong Province, March 30, 2008. [Xinhua] Totaling over 130 descendants of Confucius from across the world hold a memorial ceremony for Confucius at the Confucius Tomb in Qufu, ancestral home of Confucius, in East China`s Shandong Province, March 30, 2008. [Xinhua]