{"id":26235,"date":"2024-04-12T14:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T14:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/4386523_AE86523_0"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:53:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T14:53:00","slug":"annual-memorial-to-chinese-legendary-ancestor-marks-the-blessing-to-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=26235","title":{"rendered":"Annual Memorial to Chinese Legendary Ancestor Marks the Blessing to the Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">ZHENGZHOU, China<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 12, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The Memorial Ceremony to Ancestor Huang Di in His Native Place was held in <span class=\"xn-person\">Huang Di&#8217;s<\/span> Hometown on <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 11<\/span>. The celebration takes place every year on the third day of the third month in the Chinese lunar calendar in Xinzheng City of Zhengzhou in central <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"xn-location\">Henan<\/span> province. And this year is specially called the Jiachen Year (2024).<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder7223\">\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center; WIDTH: 100%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2385696\/image.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2385696\/image.jpg?p=medium600\" title=\"The Memorial Ceremony to Ancestor Huang Di in His Native Place in the Jiachen Year\" alt=\"The Memorial Ceremony to Ancestor Huang Di in His Native Place in the Jiachen Year\" \/><\/a><br \/><span>The Memorial Ceremony to Ancestor Huang Di in His Native Place in the Jiachen Year<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Themed &quot;Peace, Concord and Harmony with One Same Root, Ancestor and Origin&quot;, the ceremony was jointly sponsored by the People&#8217;s Government of <span class=\"xn-location\">Henan Province<\/span>, the Henan Committee of the Chinese People&#8217;s Political Consultative Conference, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, the All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots and the Association for Yan Huang Culture of <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese from around the world worshiped the legendary ancestor <span class=\"xn-person\">Huang Di<\/span>, or the Yellow Emperor, praying for the prosperity of Chinese civilization and wishing the world peace and harmony.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony started at <span class=\"xn-chron\">9:40 a.m.<\/span> with a gun salute, followed by a series of sections, including flower basket offering, incense burning, bow worshipping, prayers reading, carol singing, worship through song and dance, prayers for <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>, and prayers for harmony between nature and humans.<\/p>\n<p>At <span class=\"xn-chron\">10:40 a.m.<\/span>, the conclusion of the ceremony was announced, which was witnessed by about 5,000 attendees, including representatives from all walks of life and reporters from nearly 100 media organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The grand Memorial is not only a cultural event, but a platform for cooperation aimed at promoting mutually beneficial development. This year&#8217;s ceremony was held alongside an event for business negotiation and investment promotion, through which a number of project agreements were signed.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a tradition in <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period (770-221 BC) to worship the Yellow Emperor. In 2008, the Memorial Ceremony was inscribed onto the national list of intangible cultural heritage of <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, Chinese all over the world, including those in <span class=\"xn-location\">Hong Kong<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Macao<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Taiwan<\/span> of <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> and those in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, the <span class=\"xn-location\">United Kingdom<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Australia<\/span> hold activities to worship the Yellow Emperor, paying tribute to the respected ancestor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder0\"> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZHENGZHOU, China, April 12, 2024 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The Memorial Ceremony to Ancestor Huang Di in His Native Place was held in Huang Di&#8217;s Hometown on April 11. 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