Ten years of spring and autumn, the wind is flourishing, ten years of hard work, fruitful. After ten years of baptism, the Meizhou Zou Clan Will witness today's extraordinary achievements, look back on the past, and sigh the vicissitudes of great changes!
Meizhou, Guangdong, a national-level historical city, is the world's guest capital, the hometown of longevity, and enjoys the reputation of the hometown of culture, the hometown of golden grapefruit, and the hometown of football. The Meizhou Zou clan has also lasted for more than 700 years, with a large branch and leafy branches, and now there are more than 70,000 clansmen.
Thousands of years of the same lineage, blood is linked, inheriting the ancestral inheritance to strengthen the clan is the first priority of family prosperity. On June 23, 1997, the 825th anniversary of the ancestors of Ying Long, Wuhua Huayang Zou Held the first large-scale commemoration of the 825th anniversary of the birth of Zou Yinglong and the completion celebration of the expansion of the Ying Long Zou Ancestral Hall after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The Zou Clan Sect from all over the country was close to tens of thousands of people to participate in the grand ceremony. More than 10,000 ethnic groups gathered to prostrate, hold incense and light candles to worship the ancestors, carry the ancestral icons to parade, beat gongs and drums along the way, firecrackers sounded in unison, and colorful flags fluttered, and its spectacular scene was shocking, so that more clans had a deeper understanding of clan friendship. In September of the same year, the representatives of the clan initiated the establishment of the Zou Yinglong Culture Seminar, which created a precedent for the study of Zou Yinglong culture inside and outside the province.
Subsequently, the clan relatives and outstanding representatives of the family xichang took the lead in donating money, and the millions of descendants of the Zou clan actively participated in the celebration and friendship activities of the ancestral ancestral shrine (tomb) in various places, actively responded to the initiative of Fujian Taining and Liancheng Old Ancestral Land to rebuild the Zhuangyuan Tomb, rebuild the Nangu Hall, and rebuild the Nangu Hall and the Liancheng Four Forts Shuangjing To rebuild the Baqi Cemetery, enthusiastically joined the donation activities, warmly received the friendship clan relatives in various places, assisted in handling the matter of searching for roots and asking for ancestors, gathered consensus, and developed the Zou family economy.
The large contingent of the Zou clan in Meizhou, a piece of sincerity but still lack of unified organization, caused many inconveniences, and the establishment of clan institutions was imminent. After the enthusiastic proposal of the clan relatives, on September 8, 2000, the preparatory group of the "Meizhou Zou Clan Clan Friendship Association" was formally established, and Zou Jizong was elected as the leader of the group, and 4 groups were set up for liaison, conference affairs, materials, and reception, and then Zou Xichang was appointed as the honorary president to support him.
Finally, on January 3, 2011, the Meizhou Zou Clan Friendship Association was officially announced at the Meizhou State Guest House, and nearly 300 representatives of clans from all over the world attended and witnessed this glorious moment in the history of Meizhou Zou's development.
Under the initiative of President Zou Xichang, in 2012, the Clan Association organized the establishment of the Meizhou Zou Yucai Award (Aid) Foundation, and the Zou Yucai Award (Aid) Scholarship fund has rewarded outstanding students and helped nearly 1,000 poor students in the past 9 years.
Since the establishment of the Meizhou Zou Clan Clan Friendship Association, with the hard work of President Zou Jizeng, The Honorary President of Zou Xichang and the leadership team of the Council, it has successfully carried out various forms of friendship activities, expanded foreign exchanges, strengthened friendship with clans and relatives in various places, and improved and expanded the popularity and influence of the Meizhou Zou Clan Clan Friendship Association!
Ten years of spring and autumn is not ordinary, Fan Yangyuan has a long affection, and his original intention does not forget to shoulder heavy responsibilities, inheriting the past and creating brilliance!