Confucius Temple Culture Festival.
Built in 1665, the Confucian Temple in downtown Tainan
was the first official Confucian temple and school
in Taiwan. Every year around September 28th, Confucius��
birthday, which is also Teacher��s Day, the Tainan
Confucius Temple Culture Festival takes place. These
students from a nearby school is practicing the Yi
Dance, a row dance that dates back to 485 AD.
The bamboo flute is usually held horizontally and
is close to the body. The the long pheasant tail feather
is upright and farther away. The hand movements, the
two items and body movements symbolize characters
that make up words. Put together, the words form sayings
which make up a speech that praises Confucius. The
eight characters that we just performed means never
before has there been a teacher so great, who was
so saintly perfect.
Because it is a worship dance, in ancient times yi
dancers needed to be licensed.
I once read that during the Qing dynasty, dancers
needed to have licenses to do this dance. And on the
license it says that there are no criminals in the
last three generations of this family.
Didn��t Confucius say not to worship him?
He did say that how can you know what death is before
knowing what life is and to respect gods and demons
from a distance. But do we always listen to what teachers
say?
In addition to observing students do the yi dance,
during the festival, visitors can also get to know
the temple and its artifacts through guided tours.
Or take a walk and explore the neighborhood.
That was interesting at the Confucian Temple today.
Certainly was. I learned a lot. I had never heard
of ��liu yi,�� I��ve never seen this dance. I really
enjoy seeing this kind of thing and learning more
about Taiwan as I travel around Taiwan with you.
I��m happy to hear that. Where shall we go next?
Let��s go to... Take me to Kaohsiung.
Kaohsiung...OK.
Hurry up.
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