【新唐人2011年10月1日讯】去年北京开办的“孔子和平奖”，许多大陆民众还没有耳闻听说，今年9月中旬，主办单位又出炉了八位“第二届孔子和平奖”入围者名单，各国媒体不但纷纷报导，还争相猜测获奖者是否出席领奖。不过，这项活动却被中共当局以“严重违规”的理由，29号下令停办。一起去了解看看：
“孔子和平奖”主办单位是以“文化部”名义高调续办第二届的奖项。
主办单位“中国乡土艺术协会传统文化保护部”目前已遭到解散。
据了解，这个单位名义上虽然是民间团体，却在中国文化部下属“中国乡土艺术协会”的管辖。“协会”向主办单位发信，指说部门擅自主办第二届评选，事先没有上报，并擅自更改名称，严重违反文化部社团管理规定，因此决定停办“孔子和平奖”，撤销这个部门。
北京《百姓》杂志前主编黄良天：“现在中国大陆很多这种所谓的奖项，有的是为了赚钱，那有的是为了骗钱的。各部门都用这个来提高自己的声誉，或者是骗点钱，所以，对这个东西我真的也摸不着头脑。如果是政府呢！那政府太猥琐了！谁出的这个主意，谁也太…弱智了。”
去年12月8号，“第一届孔子和平奖”抢在“诺贝尔奖”颁奖典礼前一天，公布获奖名单，获奖人——国民党荣誉主席连战不但没有出席颁奖仪式，他的办公室人员还表示：“他们知道孔子是谁，但是不知道‘孔子和平奖’是怎么回事，不知道怎么去领奖？”
主办单位在颁奖典礼上说：以连战的政治智慧，不会拒绝这个奖项。不过，主办方却安排了1位小女孩代领。
而今年入围的八人，有三张是去年已入围过的“老面孔”，今年新入围的还包括俄罗斯总理普京﹔台湾亲民党主席宋楚瑜。而普京的入围令西方媒体再次质疑“孔子和平奖”的标准何在。
组织者去年说，“孔子和平奖”代表了中国对和平及人权的看法。
但有网友认为：“第一届就让人觉得丢脸，这次换抱普京大腿抱不成了。”
香港《东方日报》30号报导，舆论普遍认为，这个所谓的“孔子和平奖”，实际上是当局一手筹划的政治闹剧，在今年与挪威关系复苏、近期逐渐恢复经贸合作的形势下，为免双方尴尬而再次仓促叫停。
挪威去年将诺贝尔和平奖颁给了中国在囚异见人士，引起中共强烈不满，就在诺贝尔和平奖颁奖前夕，“中国乡土艺术协会传统文化保护部”匆匆推出“孔子和平奖”，被大陆网民当作国际笑话。
博客库斯克认为：“泱泱大国，心灵脆弱得像个小学生，一次又一次丢人现眼。这种政权，也是国耻！”
新唐人记者李韵、周平、孙宁采访报导。
Confucius Peace Prize Shut Down Due to Serious Violations of Regulations
Last year, Beijing held the first Confucius Peace Prize.
Although many people in China still haven’t heard about it,
the organizer released the eight nominations of
the second Confucius Peace Prize in the middle of Sept.
Worldwide medias not only reported on it
but also speculated enthusiastically about whether
the winner would attend the ceremony to receive the award.
However, the Chinese authorities ordered the halt of activity
on Sept. 29 with the reasoning that there has been
“serious violations to the regulations."
The second Confucius Peace Prize was sponsored by
the Ministry of Culture.
The Organizer, Traditional Culture Protection Department
of the Association of Chinese Indigenous Arts, has been dissolved.
Although this unit is nominally a non-governmental
organization, it is controlled by the Chinese Local Art
Association which is affiliated with the Ministry of Culture.
The association wrote a letter to the organizer to point out
that it was unauthorized to host the second awards ceremony
and it also changed the name without authorization.
The association said that because the organizer seriously
violated the management regulations of cultural department,
it decided to suspend the Confucius Peace Prize
and eliminate the department.
The formal editor of Beijing “People” magazine
Huang Liangian said, “Now in China there are many of this kind of so-called award.
Some are for money, and some are for getting money by fraud.
All departments are using them to increase their reputations
or to get some money. Therefore, this has really confused me.
If the government does it, it’s too insignificant!
Whoever comes out this idea is retarded.”
Last December 8th, The first Confucius Peace Prize
announced the winner one day ahead of the Nobel Prize ceremony.
The winner, KMT honorary chairman Lien Chan,
did not attend the award ceremony;
moreover, his office said that they, “know who Confucius is,
but don’t know what’s going on with Confucius Peace Prize
and how to accept the award. “
The organizer said at the ceremony, “Lien Chan has
political wisdom. He won’t reject the award.
“However, the organizer arranged a little girl to accept
the award on behalf of Lien.
This year’s eight candidates include three faces
from last year.
This year’s new finalists include Russian Prime Minister
Vladimir Putin and Taiwan’s People First Party Chairman James Soong.
Putin’s nomination once again spark questions among
the Western media: What are the standards of Confucius Peace Prize?
Last year, the organizer said, “Confucius Peace Prize
represents the Chinese views on peace and human rights.”
Nevertheless, some netizens said," The first one already
made people ashamed, this time they turned to Putin by flattering him, even worse!"
On Sep 30, Hong Kong “Oriental Daily" reported that
the public opinion generally believes that the so-called
“Confucius Peace Prize" is actually a political farce
which was first-handedly planned by the CCP.
After it regained its relationship with Norway and
gradually recovered trade and economic cooperation,
the CCP hastily halted the activity
to avoid both sides’ embarrassment.
Last year, Norway awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to
a Chinese dissident in prison, causing strong resentment from the CCP.
On the eve of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony,
Association of Chinese Indigenous Arts associated
with the Chinese Local Art Association hurried
to form the Confucius Peace Prize.
The Chinese netizens see it as an international joke.
Blog Kursk said, “The great and proud country’s soul
is as weak as an elementary student.
It loses faces again and again.
This regime is a national humiliation."
NTDTV reporter Li Yun, Zhou Ping and Sun Ning
