Qingming Gonggong Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Ceremony "Dragon Flying China" creative design plan is open for solicitation

Xi'an, October 28 (China News Network) (Reporter Alina) reporters learned from the Office of the Yellow Emperor Mausoleum Working Committee of Shaanxi Province (hereinafter referred to as the Shaanxi Provincial Tombs Office) on the 28th that the collection of creative design plans for the "Dragon Flying China" ceremony of the Qingming Gonggong Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Ceremony has begun.

Every year during the Qingming Festival, the Ceremony of the Yellow Emperor of the Qingming Dynasty held at the Qiaoshan Sacrifice Square in Huangling County, Shaanxi Province, is a traditional event for the descendants of Yanhuang at home and abroad to "trace the source, search for roots, condense the heart, and cast the soul", and it is also a grand ceremony for the sons and daughters of China to inherit the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, carry forward the spirit of patriotism, and enhance the sense of belonging, identity, dignity and honor of the nation.

In recent years, by excavating and interpreting the yellow emperor culture, the Qingming Gonggong Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Ceremony has continued the "pulse" of Chinese civilization, built a solid "foundation" of cultural self-confidence, carried forward the "intention" of patriotic unification, and successively optimized and improved the ritual schedule and content of the public sacrifice ceremony, gradually making the public ceremony more solemn and sacred and more in line with the requirements of the times.

The perfected and elevated public sacrifice ceremony includes nine rituals, such as "standing solemnly, beating drums and ringing bells", "singing the praises of the Yellow Emperor", "offering flower baskets", "reading the sacrifice text", "bowing three times to the statue of the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan", "offering music and dance sacrifices", "dragon flying in China", "paying homage to the Xuanyuan Hall, paying homage to the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum", and "planting bridge and mountain cypress". "Dragon Flying China" is an important ritual in the ceremonial ritual of the Yellow Emperor of the Qingming Dynasty.

In order to further enhance the display form of the "Dragon Flying China" ceremony of the Qingming Gonggong Sacrifice Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Ceremony, and give full play to the important role of the Qingming Gonggong Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Ceremony in respecting national history, inheriting cultural genes, displaying cultural charm, strengthening cultural self-confidence, stimulating patriotic feelings, and forging a solid sense of the Chinese national community, the Shaanxi Provincial Public Sacrifice Yellow Emperor Mausoleum Working Committee openly solicited the creative design plan of the Qingming Gonggong Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Ceremony "Dragon Flying China" for the whole society, and the collection deadline is 16:00 Beijing time on December 27, 2021.

With the theme of the creative design of the "Dragon Flying China" ceremony of the Yellow Emperor Ceremony of the Qingming Gonggong, this collection activity aims to express the national feelings of the sons and daughters of the Chinese people respecting the ancestors and respecting the ancestors and the cultural identity of the Chinese nation to trace its roots, fully highlight the "dragon" totem, the spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation, highlight the concept innovation, rich connotation, novel form, and infectious force, inherit and carry forward the yellow emperor culture, and meet the national standards for real scene performances, and meet the meteorological conditions and safety guarantee requirements of the Yellow Emperor's mausoleum during the Qingming Festival.

The Shaanxi Provincial Shrine Office and the Yellow Emperor Mausoleum Foundation will invite experts in relevant fields to form a selection committee to select all the applied works that meet the requirements. After the selection committee initially selects 10 shortlisted works, it will finally select 1 winning work. (End)

Source: China News Network