The Ceremony of the Yellow Emperor in Henan, Shaanxi Province, collided again: the dispute had lasted for a long time, and the two places had new ideas

The Ceremony of the Yellow Emperor of the Qingming Dynasty (2019) was held in Huangling County, Shaanxi Province on the 5th

In 2019, the "Qingming Gong Sacrifice Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Ceremony" in Huangling, Shaanxi Province, once again ran ahead of the "Yellow Emperor's Hometown Ancestral Worship Ceremony" in Xinzheng, Henan (the time is determined by the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar). The distance between the two places is more than 900 miles, and the disputes have been going on for several years.

Western Network reported that on the morning of April 5, the ceremony of the Yellow Emperor of the Qingming Dynasty (2019) was held in Shaanxi. More than 10,000 Chinese sons and daughters from all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, Hong Kong, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan region, as well as overseas, gathered at the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum Xuanyuan Hall Sacrifice Square to jointly pay tribute to the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, the ancestor of humanity.

Previously, under the leadership of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and the Shaanxi Provincial Government, the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism organized the main creative team headed by Zuo Qing, the former head of the General Political Song and Dance Troupe, to gather many artists and cultural scholars in domestic music creation, dance choreography, costume design, festival culture, etc., and completed the promotion of all aspects of the Yellow Emperor Ceremony of the Qingming Gonggong in 2019 on the eve of the public ceremony, and strived to present a higher standard and level.

"Shaanxi Daily" news pointed out that in the promotion of the public ceremony, the main creative team, on the basis of maintaining the original seven rituals, determined nine public sacrifice rituals; a new design of the prelude to the ceremony, carefully created the theme song of the Yellow Emperor Festival "Ode to the Yellow Emperor", newly created the festival music, and newly arranged the "Farewell Music and Dance". At the same time, a large number of traditional cultural symbols were used to redesign costumes and props, and the pre-ceremonial preamble process of the Yinchi Square in front of Xuanyuan Temple was incorporated into the overall process of the public ceremony for unified design. For the core link of the public sacrifice ceremony, the music and dance ceremony, the main creative team set up the ritual of "Dragon Flying Huaxia", symbolizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the take-off of the new era.

In addition, in the singing of "Ode to the Yellow Emperor", 112 children at home and abroad dressed in festive costumes of 56 nationalities will use songs to express the common voice of future generations to the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor's high mountains and the common aspirations of Chinese sons and daughters at home and abroad to realize the Chinese dream.

Qin Bin, director of the Art Department of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Shaanxi Province, said that the results of the promotion work of the public ceremony not only inherited the excellent Chinese etiquette civilization, but also made a new expression of the national etiquette culture in the new era, which has important historical significance and practical value for leading the social trend, strengthening cultural self-confidence, and displaying China's image.

Although the ancestral worship ceremony in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor in Xinzheng, Henan Province, has not yet been held, the highlights of this event have been released first.

Dahe Network reported that the ancestral worship ceremony in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor in the year of The Yellow Emperor will be held on April 7, 2019 (the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar) in the hometown of the New Zhenghuang Emperor in Zhengzhou City. With the footsteps getting closer and closer, the preparations for the ancestral worship ceremony are being carried out in an orderly manner.

Ouyang Yingxin, executive director of the Yellow Emperor's hometown Baizu Ceremony, introduced, "The Baizu Ceremony is divided into nine agendas for the welcome of the outer field and the inner field, because the nine agendas are already the national intangible cultural heritage, and the innovation is more limited, so this year's larger innovation point is placed in the welcome ceremony of the outer square." This year, the song "My Motherland and Me" will be chosen as the music for the outfield welcome, and the golden wheat wave phalanx will be formed by 800 student actors, which will reflect the theme of "the same roots and the same ancestors, peace, harmony and harmony" of the Yellow Emperor culture. At the same time, there are more than 200 dancers dressed in costumes from all walks of life, presenting scenes of celebration from all walks of life.

"This music has not been used before, and previously used the 'Descendants of the Dragon', with martial arts performances and dragon elements. This year is the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, and under the characteristics of this big era, we first make a big change in music, and the form of expression is more novel. Ouyang Yingxin said that he hopes to further highlight the patriotic theme and national consciousness and highlight the spirit of the Yellow Emperor through innovation and improvement in music, dance and other aspects.

In addition, on April 4, the seminar on the works of the long historical novel "Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor" was held in Zhengzhou City. People's Daily reported that the annual Yellow Emperor's hometown worship ceremony is about to open, and representatives of Henan's literary circles gathered to hold a seminar on the works of "Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor", which is the best response to the Yellow Emperor's culture in the form of literature.

The Paper previously reported that Shaanxi has been hosted by the local government since 1955 to worship the Yellow Emperor, while Henan has held large-scale worship since 2006. Since 2006, the debate between netizens in Shaanxi and Henan about "where to worship" has not stopped, of which mausoleum sacrifices and temple sacrifices have become the focus of controversy.

In September 2015, the Yellow Emperor Mausoleum in Shaanxi province quarreled with the side of the hometown of the New Zheng Yellow Emperor in Henan Province over the issue of worshipping the Yellow Emperor.

First, on September 7, 2015, Guangming Daily published a speech by Xu Jialu, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress and president of the Chinese Yanhuang Culture Research Association, at the expert seminar on "The Ancestral Worship Ceremony in the Hometown of the Yellow Emperor and the National Culture Construction" jointly sponsored by the Chinese Yanhuang Culture Research Association and the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In his speech, Xu Jialu said that the worship of the Yellow Emperor should be "elevated to a national sacrifice", and "the ancestors of the past generations were 'worshiping the temple and not worshiping the tomb'", so the location of the national sacrifice to the Yellow Emperor should be in the hometown of the New Zheng Yellow Emperor in Henan.

Subsequently, on September 10, Fang Guanghua, then vice mayor of Xi'an, former president of Northwest University, and historian, published a rebuttal article entitled "Where should the National Festival of the Yellow Emperor Be" published on the website of the Shaanxi office of the Ta Kung Pao, saying that "the mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor was worshipped in successive dynasties" and that the temple sacrifice was not in Xinzheng, Henan, but in "the central government set up a temple of the emperors of the past and sacrificed it."

Fang Guanghua said in the text that according to Xu Jialu's view that "the yellow emperor in the past was 'worshiping the temple and not worshiping the tomb'" to the ancestors, the temple sacrifice is more important than the mausoleum sacrifice, while the Yellow Ling County in Shaanxi only has the yellow emperor's mausoleum, and there is no yellow emperor's ancestral temple, and the worship here is irrelevant. But this proposition does not stand up to the scrutiny of historical facts.

Xu Jialu said in his speech: "[Our country] lacks the signs and symbols recognized by the entire national culture. At the national level, there is a need to shape the signs and symbols recognized by the entire nation, and there is a need to elevate the worship of the Yellow Emperor to a national sacrifice. ”

Fang Guanghua believes that in fact, this "recognized mark and symbol of the entire national culture" has long existed.

He explained in the text, "During the Xinhai Revolution, the advanced patriots of the time sought the symbol of national culture and unanimously believed that the Yellow Emperor was the banner of the nation. On the eve of the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, on April 5, 1937, on the Qingming Festival, the two parties jointly sacrificed the Tomb of the Yellow Emperor and declared their strong determination to jointly resist foreign insults, and Mao Zedong personally wrote the memorial text. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, except for the interruption of public worship activities in 1950-1954 and 1962-1978, there were sacrifices to the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum in all years. Since 1994, the Yellow Emperor Mausoleum Festival has been attended by state leaders every year, and today's Yellow Emperor Mausoleum Festival has become the highest festival of the contemporary Chinese nation. ”

In addition to the cultural and political connotations, the actual economic benefits brought about by the worship of the Yellow Emperor ceremony are also enormous. For example, the Northern New Daily reported that after the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum in Shaanxi Province resumed the public sacrifice ceremony in 1980, the scale became larger and larger year by year, the ancestor worship procedure became more and more standardized year by year, the scenic area construction became better and better every year, and the sacrifice economy has become the golden sign of tourism in Shaanxi Province. According to the official website of the Xinzheng Municipal Government of Henan Province, with the help of the publicity effect of the Worship of the Ancestors Ceremony, every Year during May Day is the peak of tourism in the scenic spot of the Yellow Emperor's hometown. According to statistics, in 2013, the "May Day" small long holiday received a total of 62,600 tourists in three days; in 2014, a total of 53,000 tourists were received in three days; in 2015, a total of 46,000 tourists were received in three days.