Diners can enjoy a Confucian cuisine festival at the Shangri-La Hotel, Shenyang led by Liu Haiyang, executive chef of the Chinese Restaurant of the Shangri-La Hotel, Qufu from 12 May 2021. Confucius (551-479 BC) is regarded as one of China's most influential sages. Some of his ideas about food and diet played a significant role in the development of Chinese food culture, and Confucian cuisine was named one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in June 2011.
The festival is co-hosted by the Qufu Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism and the Shenyang Kerry Center.