The Origin of Teachers' Day

在中國教育史上，孔子象徵著「有教無類，因材施教」的萬世師表典型。以六藝傳授學生三千多人，不論其階級、人品，凡是真心向學，他皆來者不拒、誨人不倦。

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius was a force for good, traveling around the world to correct society and advising kings to do what is right; in his later years, he organized ancient documents and laid the foundation stone of Chinese culture for all time. In his later years, he organized ancient literature and laid the foundation of Chinese culture for the rest of the world. In 1928, the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (PRC) decreed that August 27, the birthday of Confucius, be designated as Teachers' Day. Subsequently, experts in the field of calendars and records converted the birthday of Confucius to September 28th on the national calendar; therefore, in 1941, the Executive Yuan requested the President to explicitly decree that the birthday of Confucius and the Teachers' Day should be changed to September 28th in order to commemorate the Most Sacred Teacher, as well as to comfort the teachers for their hard work over the years.

每年教師節，各地孔廟都會舉行【祭孔大典】，以最隆重的禮儀，表達對孔子無上的敬意。在教育行政單位及各級地方政府所舉辦的「慶祝教師節大會」中，亦分別頒發資深及優良教師獎狀，以表彰教師們對社會的貢獻。