Time：2019-01-25 21:49 Pageviews：1267
HNR.CN (Reporter Ruan Haifeng Text/Picture) It is the historical tradition and spiritual belief of the Chinese nation to offer sacrifices to their ancestors. On January 25, the organizing committee of the Ancestor Worship Ceremony in Yellow Emperor Hometown held a press conference in Beijing. The reporter of HNR.CN learned that this year's worship ceremony would be held on April 7 (March 3 of lunar calendar) in Yellow Emperor Hometown - Xinzheng, Henan Province. At present, the preparatory work for the ceremony has been basically completed.
The Ancestor Worship Ceremony in Yellow Emperor Hometown that will be held on the morning of April 7 contains nine agendas in total.
Yellow Emperor is the ancestor of the Chinese nation and is the symbol of the endless life of Chinese culture. Since 2006, the Ancestor Worship Ceremony in Yellow Emperor Hometown, Xinzheng, Zhengzhou, has attracted hundreds of thousands of Chinese descendants at home and abroad to come to Zhengzhou for the worship of ancestors. The activity has become the spiritual sustenance and spiritual homeland of the majority of Chinese people.
On January 25, the organizing committee of the Ancestor Worship Ceremony in Yellow Emperor Hometown held a press conference in Beijing. Qian Guoyu, Vice Chairman of Henan Provincial Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, presided over the press conference. Zuo Zhiqiang, Minister of the Information Dissemination Department of All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, Lin Yi, Vice Minister of the Liaison Department of All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots, Chang Wenguang, Standing Vice President and Chairman of AYHCC, Ren Dayuan, AYHCC's Vice President, Gao Xiang, Deputy Director of Henan Provincial Commerce Department, Cao Jinqiang, Deputy Director of the Coordination and Leading Group Office of the Ancestor Worship Ceremony in Hometown of Yellow Emperor, and the Deputy Secretary-General of Henan Provincial Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Huang Baowei, Standing Deputy Director of the Organizing Committee of the Ancestor Worship Ceremony in Hometown of Yellow Emperor and Chairman of Zhengzhou Municipal Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Wu Xiaojun, Executive Deputy Director and Secretary General of the Organizing Committee, and Vice Chairman of Zhengzhou Municipal Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Shi Dadong, Standing Deputy Director of the Publicity Department of the Organizing Committee, Press Spokesman of Zhengzhou City, and Zhang Huixian, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Xinzheng Municipal Committee and Minister of the Publicity Department attended the conference.
The reporter from HNR.CN learned from the press conference that this year's worship ceremony, with the theme of "To Pursue Peace, Amity and Harmony with the Same Ancestor", would be held on March 3 of lunar calendar (April 7, 2019) in Yellow Emperor Hometown - Xinzheng, Henan Province. According to the schedule, the worship ceremony will be held on March 3 of lunar calendar (April 7, 2019) in Yellow Emperor Hometown - Xinzheng, Henan Province. The ceremony will kick off officially at 9:50 am on April 7.
The Ancestor Worship Ceremony in Yellow Emperor Hometown will be co-hosted by People's Government of Henan Province, Henan Provincial Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council PRC, All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots, and AYHCC, and undertaken by Zhengzhou Municipal People's Government, Zhengzhou Municipal Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Xinzheng Municipal People's Government. The ceremony's theme is "To Pursue Peace, Amity and Harmony with the Same Ancestor".
It is reported that the ceremony contains nine agendas in total, namely, firing salute, presenting flower baskets, washing hands and offering incense, making bows, reciting elegiac address, singing carols, performing music and dance for worship, praying for China, and wishing for harmonious nature and human beings." The nine agendas are grand, economical and orderly.
China Henan International Investment & Trade Fair, the "Hometown Henan" Cultural Activity Week, and the 5th "Genqin China" Micro Film Competition will be launched simultaneously.
During the ceremony, a series of related activities will be planned and organized through the coordination of economy, trade, and culture to give full play to the exchange and cooperation platform of the worship ceremony. During the ceremony, the 13th China Henan International Investment & Trade Fair, Distinctive Culture Experience Tour, Cultural and Creative Products Display and other related activities will be held around the BRI, the community with shared future for mankind, "making the Central Plains particularly stand out", and the construction of Zhengzhou National Central City, in order to make Chinese and foreign guests share the business opportunities of Zhengzhou metropolis and achieve win-win development.
The 13th China Henan International Investment & Trade Fair will be held in Zhengzhou on April 8-11.
This year's worship ceremony will also get more youth representatives, especially those from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and overseas, involved in order to enhance its interactivity and better promote the Chinese traditional culture to be inherited from generation to generation. The "Hometown Henan" Cultural Activity Week and the "Yellow Emperor Culture publicity in campus and community" held during the ceremony will further highlight cultural inheritance.
The reporter learnt that a series of cultural activities such as excellent dramas and music performances, excellent film and television works exhibition (show), excellent art and calligraphy works exhibition, and quality books exhibition will be held around the "Hometown Henan" cultural brand during the ceremony. The 13th International Forum on the Yellow Emperor's Culture will be held on April 5-6. In addition, the 5th "Genqin China" Micro Film Competition, the Global Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Invitational Exhibition, dragon boat race and other activities will be held.
The ceremony site will be open to the public after the ceremony.
Henan is an important cradle of Chinese nation and Chinese civilization, a main birthplace of Chinese surnames, and the root of Chinese people all over the world. Among the 100 popular Chinese surnames, 78 are originated directly from Henan. Xinzheng Yellow Emperor Hometown has also increasingly become "the sacred place for ancestor worship of Chinese people, and the spiritual homeland of Chinese nation".
With the high attention and enthusiastic response of the Chinese people in the world to the ancestor worship ceremony in recent years, the enthusiasm of the masses for attending the worship ceremony has risen. It is reported that this year's worship ceremony has wider public participation. More attention will be paid to the invitation of outstanding people from all walks of life and grassroots representatives. At the ceremony, the general masses representatives will occupy more than 90%. A variety of channels such as websites, Weibo, and WeChat will be also opened to support people to worship the ancestors through Internet, and participate in online interactions.
The ceremony site will be open to the public after the ceremony. It is reported that Xinzheng Yellow Emperor Hometown Scenic Spot is open to the public free all year round. It will provide services for social organizations, enterprises, and institutions to organize various forms of worship activities. People from all walks of life are welcomed to Yellow Emperor Hometown Scenic Spot, and Juci Mountain for worship of Yellow Emperor.
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