The 2020 Xinzheng Gengzi Year Ancestor Worship Ceremony in the Yellow Emperor’s Hometown will be held as scheduled. This is also one of the most important ancestor worship ceremonies locally and even in my country. The Yellow Emperor is the humanistic ancestor of Chinese civilization. , are also our common ancestors, but this year is more special. The ceremony is held at the same time, but the on-site layout is different.
Event time: March 26, 2020, the third day of the third lunar month
On March 10, 2020, the organizing committee of the Ancestor Worship Ceremony in the Yellow Emperor’s Hometown held a press conference , announced that the ancestor worship ceremony in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor in the Year of the Gengzi will adjust the way of worshiping ancestors. On March 26, 2020, the third day of the third month of the third lunar month, it will be held at the hometown of the Yellow Emperor in Xinzheng, Zhengzhou City with "no guests, no audience, and no actors performing". The ceremony was held in a simple and solemn manner based on the basic principle of "no reduction in standards and influence".
The ancestor worship ceremony in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor in the Year of Gengzi was organized by the Henan Provincial People's Government, the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, the All-China Taiwan Compatriots Association, and the Chinese Yanhuang Culture Research It is jointly sponsored by the Zhengzhou Municipal People's Government, the Zhengzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the Xinzheng Municipal People's Government. The main worshiper will continue to be Qi Xuchun, Vice Chairman of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
It is reported that the ceremony will be broadcast live in Beijing studios and live studios through CCTV's "Chinese International Channel", Phoenix TV, Henan TV, Zhengzhou TV, etc., and a new online ancestor worship platform will be launched to support domestic and overseas With the theme of "Global Chinese are fighting against the epidemic, Xuanyuan Huangdi bless China", the Chinese people are worshiping their ancestors online to unite the strength of the Chinese people and win the victory in the fight against the epidemic.
The platform is planned to be launched in mid-March, with the theme of "The Yangtze and Yellow Rivers fight against the epidemic, Xuanyuan Huangdi bless China", aiming to inherit traditional culture, strengthen historical memory, build cultural identity, To enhance the centripetal force of national cohesion, the Chinese nation’s concept of “same roots, same ancestors, and the same origin” is passed down from generation to generation.
Through this platform, Chinese people at home and abroad can "worship the Yellow Emperor, pray for China, and cheer for Wuhan" at the touch of a finger.
There will be no guests, no audience, and no performers on site. Large-scale mass performances in the outer square will be cancelled, and spectators in the inner square will be cancelled. The nine ritual procedures are mainly completed through live broadcast connections, interpretations by hosts and experts, and online ancestor worship. Some individual ritual procedures are completed by a small number of staff from the Yellow Emperor's hometown.
In the "Respectfully Reading the Ancestor Worship" session, the worshipper will record a video of the "Respectfully Reading the Ancestor Worship" in Beijing, which will then be broadcast to the ceremony site, CCTV and global Chinese ancestor worship platforms.
Ceremonies such as "Singing Ode", "United as One", "Praying for China", and "Heaven, Earth and Humanity" all canceled actor performances and collective participation, and replaced them with narration by hosts and experts with connected pictures. Completed through other methods; do a good job in online ancestor worship, and set up a "Global Chinese Online Ancestor Worship and Blessing Interactive Platform" for global netizens to participate in ancestor worship interactions through the Internet, fight against the epidemic, cheer for Wuhan, pray for China, and pray for the world; highlight the fight against the epidemic Regarding the national spirit during the epidemic, in addition to the interpretation of relevant content by the host and studio experts during the ceremony, relevant images of unity, unity, support from all directions, and comprehensive anti-epidemic will also be designed and broadcast on the "Global Chinese Online Ancestor Worship Blessings" "Interactive Platform" will highlight the relevant content of "Global Chinese fight against the epidemic, Xuanyuan Huangdi bless China", highlight the blood ties of Chinese people at home and abroad, and express the Chinese people's expectations for defeating the epidemic and ensuring peace and prosperity for the country and the people. Through the online platform, Chinese people at home and abroad can use their fingers to complete the best wishes of "worship the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, pray for China, and cheer for Wuhan" and "worship the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, pray for peace and prosperity in the world", enhance national cohesion, and deepen ancestor worship. The theme of the ceremony is "Same Roots, Same Ancestors, Same Origin, Peace and Harmony".