A traditional sacrificial ceremony is held to commemorate Mencius at the Temple and Family Mansion of Mencius in Zoucheng city, East China's Shandong province, Dec 21, 2016, the Winter Solstice. Mencius (372-289 BC), or Meng Zi, was a great philosopher of ancient China. He traveled all his life expounding Confucianism. [Photo/Xinhua]