The second China Xiaoxian Cultural Festival started yesterday in Yutai, Shandong province, and will run until Thursday.

The festival features a series of traditional cultural activities and exhibitions of calligraphy and ink painting, seal cutting, folk song, dance and opera performances, seminars on traditional family values, and promotions of local organic foods, such as Yutai rice.

A key concept in Confucianism, "xiaoxian" means filial piety, or obedience to and respect for the elderly.

The 24 Best Examples of Filial Piety were very popular and a favored subject for local artists.

Yutai was noted for being the hometown of three brothers, namely Min Ziqian, Min Zichi and Min Zijian, who were included in the 24 Best Examples of Filial Piety and were praised by Confucius for the virtue they demonstrated caring for their older and younger family members.