Hangzhou, 14 Oct (Xinhua) -- The peak of Dinghu Lake is surrounded by clouds and mist, the Nine Curves of Lianxi Creek are clear, and the Yellow Emperor's Ancestral Hall stands majestically... The 14th is the Chongyang Festival, a traditional festival of the Chinese nation, at the foot of Xiandu Mountain in Jinyun County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, people from all walks of life gather in Sisi to pay tribute to the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan, the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation.
Trombone chimes, drumming and bell ringing, paying homage to high incense, offering flower baskets, offering fine wine, reading sacrifice texts, bowing, singing hymns, music and dance offerings, the ceremony is based on the ancient highest sacrifice ceremony "Zen", integrated into the Tang style and Song rhyme, and strive to be solemn, elegant, solemn, and more contemporary.
The Great Ceremony of the Yellow Emperor of The Chinese Xiandu Sacrifice in the Year of Xinu was hosted by the People's Government of Zhejiang Province, and hosted by the People's Government of Lishui City and the People's Government of Jinyun County, with the theme of "Worshiping the Ancestors of the Four Seas with One Heart, Joint prosperity and Qihua Chapter". This is the first time that the People's Government of Zhejiang Province has hosted the Xiandu Yellow Emperor Festival. As a result, the Country also formed a ceremonial pattern of the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan in Shaanxi, Xinzheng in Henan and Jinyun in Zhejiang.
The festival also adopted a combination of online and offline methods, and opened an online sacrifice platform of "China's Xiandu Sacrifice Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Ceremony". Overseas Chinese around the world can carry out interactive activities such as online flower offering and blessings through it.
Jinyun County was established in the first year of Wuzhou Wanzai Dengfeng (696), and the name of the county is derived from the local Jinyun Mountain. The name of the mountain is related to the name of the Yellow Emperor "Jinyun Clan", and the Dinghu Peak in the mountains is also said to be the place where the Yellow Emperor refines Dan. The local Yellow Emperor sacrifice was documented in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang ordered the construction of the Yellow Emperor's ancestral hall in Jinyun and called Jinyun Mountain the "Immortal Capital". The emperor of the Song Dynasty also sent ministers to sacrifice the Yellow Emperor several times.
In 1998, Jinyun County rebuilt the Yellow Emperor Ancestral Hall and resumed the Yellow Emperor's sacrifice activities. In 2011, the "Yellow Emperor Festival", "Jinyun Xuanyuan Festival)" was included in the national intangible cultural heritage.
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