Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Statue of Confucius (Houston)

2009 sculpture in Houston, Texas, U.S. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Statue of Confucius (Houston)
Remove ads

Confucius, also known as Bronze Statue of Confucius, Confucius Bronze Statue, Confucius Statue, and Great Confucius,[1] is an outdoor 2009 bronze sculpture of the Chinese editor, philosopher, politician, and teacher of the same name by Willy Wang (Chinese: 王维力), installed in Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, United States.[2][3]

Quick Facts Confucius, Year ...
Remove ads

History

The statue was dedicated at Hermann Park as a gift from China to Houston on September 26, 2009, commemorating the 2,560th anniversary of the Confucius' birth and the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. Ceremony attendees included Houston City Councilwoman Wanda Adams, Minister Liu Guangyuan [zh] of the Embassy of China to the United States, Mayor Pro Tem of Houston Sue Lovell, Wang, First Lady of Houston Andrea White, Consul General to Houston Gao Yanping [zh], and representatives from Friends of Confucius Sculpture for Hermann Park and Houston Parks and Recreation. Nearly 600 people from the Chinese Consulate General in Houston, the city government, consular corps, and Chinese community were also in attendance.[3]

Remove ads

See also

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads