Sacrifice to Confucius is a grand ceremony held mainly in the Confucius (Literature) Temple by the Chinese nation in order to respect and commemorate the most holy teacher Confucius. It has been uninterrupted for more than two thousand years. The ceremony of worshiping Confucius is in In ancient times, it was called the "Grand Ceremony of the Country" and became a miracle in the history of world sacrifices and human cultural festivals.

The activity of worshiping Confucius can be traced back to 478 BC. In the second year after Confucius died, Duke Ai of Lu turned Confucius's former residence into a longevity hall to worship Confucius. Confucius' former residence became the first Confucius temple in the world.

Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, visited Lu and used "Tailao" to worship Confucius, which was the first time for emperors to worship Confucius. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed all schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, Confucius temples were built in various places. Confucius temples were even flourishing in Zhixian County. Confucius temples gradually evolved into ritual temples for the feudal court to worship Confucius.

Since Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty named Confucius the "King of Wenxuan" in 739 AD, the activities of worshiping Confucius began to escalate. After the Song Dynasty, the sacrificial system soared, reaching imperial standards in the Ming Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, the sacrifice of Confucius was even grander and reached its peak. In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong alone visited Qufu eight times to pay homage to Confucius.

Since the 17th century, many ceremonial Confucius temples have also been built in China’s neighboring countries such as Vietnam, Korea, Japan and other countries and regions. Since the 18th century, with the spread of Confucius' thoughts and the immigration of Chinese people, many Confucius temples have appeared in other countries in Europe, America and Asia. In its heyday, there were more than 3,000 Confucius temples in the world, including more than 2,000 ceremonial Confucius temples, the largest number of ceremonial temples in the world.

The government of the Republic of China explicitly ordered the whole country to worship Confucius, and the procedures and etiquette were greatly changed. Presenting honors was changed to laying wreaths, classical sacrificial clothes were changed to robes and mandarins, and kneeling was changed to bowing. In 1986, the ceremony of worshiping Confucius, which had been dormant for half a century, was excavated and sorted out by the Qufu City Cultural Department and reappeared at the opening ceremony of the "Confucius Hometown Tour" that year. In 2004, the Confucius Memorial Ceremony was changed from a family memorial ceremony to a government memorial ceremony.