Troupers dance at a memorial ceremony for Xun Zi, an ancient Chinese thinker and educator, in Anze County, north China's Shanxi Province, Oct. 10, 2010. The fifth China Xun Zi Cultural Festival kicked off here on Sunday. Xun Zi, by the name of Xun Kuang, was one of the great early contributors to Confucianism along with Confucius and Mencius during the Warring States period (403-221 B.C) in China.