중국의 공자문화 축제를 통한 정신문화 효과에 관한 연구

The Confucius culture festival is a modern celebration in memory of the great thinker and educator Confucius, which is held in the city of Qufu every September. To begin with, this paper introduces the origin background of cultural festival, and sorts out the basic situations of the three development stages of cultural festival, which are input period, growth period and maturity period respectively. Moreover, the characteristics and status of the cultural festival are summarized in the paper. The cultural festival has a representative status as it is held in the hometown of Confucius; The cultural festival is characterized by its solemnity because of Confucius sacrificial culture and government’s hosting; The cultural festival has the status of an international celebration because of its global influence; The cultural festival has a variety of content characteristics due to its rich forms of activities. Last but not the least, this paper makes a detailed analysis of the rich spiritual and cultural effects achieved through the cultural festival in commemorating Confucius achievements, inheriting the culture of Confucius sacrificial rites, developing Confucian studies and promoting world cultural exchanges.