A performer waits for the start of a rehearsal for a ceremony in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 27, 2007. Qufu, the birth place of Confucius (551 B.C. - 479 B.C.), great thinker, philosopher, and educator in ancient China, is to hold a grand ceremony to mark the 2,558th birth anniversary of Confucius, on Sept. 28, 2007. (Xinhua Photo)

A man dressed in an ancient Chinese costume stands beside his carriage carrying tourists in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 27, 2007. (Xinhua Photo) A man dressed in an ancient Chinese costume stands at the gate of the Confucian Temple in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 27, 2007. (Xinhua Photo)

An ancient city gate is seen in this photo taken in the Confucian Temple in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 27, 2007. (Xinhua Photo) Performers wait for the start of a rehearsal for a ceremony in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 27, 2007. (Xinhua Photo)   A performer waits for the start of a rehearsal for a ceremony in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 27, 2007. (Xinhua Photo)