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on september 28, during the 2024 china international confucius cultural festival, the "elegance is here" global confucian temple and academy traceability tour event was held in qufu, shandong. yao pingbo, representative of the surabaya confucian temple in indonesia and chairman of the diplomatic department of the confucius federation, said in an interview with reporters that there are many confucius temples in indonesia, which not only commemorate confucius, but also have educational functions.

"if mankind wants to survive in the 21st century, it must go back 2,500 years ago to absorb the wisdom of confucius." talking about the importance of confucius and confucianism, yao pingbo mentioned what was proposed at a gathering of nobel prize winners in 1988 declaration, "i think confucius' thoughts are important not only to the chinese, but also to the whole world. if we can do what confucius said, the whole world will be peaceful." it is understood that the surabaya confucian temple in indonesia is the largest confucian temple in southeast asia. it is mainly dedicated to confucius and 72 sages. "we have also published textbooks on confucian culture, from primary school to university. confucianism also runs through family education."

reporter: li rui camera: feng songhao editor: chi guangzhi editor: lu bing proofreader: gaoxin