"March 3rd, worship Xuanyuan". Sponsored by the All-China Henan Fellowship Association, the British Henan Chamber of Commerce, and the British Yellow Emperor Cultural Innovation and Development Foundation, and hosted by CNUKTIP, a Sino-British science and technology innovation platform, the Renyin Year ceremony of British Chinese overseas Chinese paying homage to Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor was successfully held on the morning of March 26th, local time at China Station in Chinatown, London.With the theme of "the same root and ancestor, peace, harmony and harmony", referring to the nine rituals of ancestor worship ceremony in Huangdi's hometown and combining with the local conditions in Britain, the ceremony has nine rituals: "lion wakes up soul of china, presents a flower basket, cleans hands and burns incense, performs a worship ceremony, reads and recites prayers, sings carols, dances and worships, prays for China, and harmony between heaven and earth".Before the ancestor worship ceremony, Lu Haitian, Counsellor for Overseas Chinese Affairs of the Chinese Embassy in the UK, made an opening speech, calling on more Chinese people at home and abroad to participate in this soul journey of worshipping ancestors, seeking roots and asking ancestors, and offering blessings for the success of this ceremony. Wang Boxiang son of the general, grandson of the famous patriotic general Fang Ying, and Wang Taisheng, honorary president of the Chinese Anti-Japanese War Veterans Association in Britain, announced the official start of the ceremony of Chinese overseas Chinese worshipping Xuanyuan Huangdi in the year of Renyin. With the loud drums and gongs, a wonderful lion dance performance kicked off the ceremony. Chinese and overseas Chinese representatives, such as British and Chinese dignitaries, entrepreneurs, and heads of fellow villagers' associations in various places, presented flower baskets and cleaned their hands and burned incense to the ancestor of humanity in turn. After all the staff bowed to Xuanyuan's ancestor three times to express their feelings of remembrance, Deng Zhuting, chairman of Chinatown Chamber of Commerce in London and winner of the Order of the British Empire, as the main worshiper, read the ancestral worship with great affection and affection. In the "Music, Dance and Worship" session, dancers from the British Chinese Women's Union Song and Dance Troupe dressed in Hanfu expressed their deep admiration for their ancestors with light dancing. Ms. Wang Beibei, the president of the Chinese Performing Arts Association and a famous opera soprano in Britain, collaborated with a number of Chinese children to sing Ode to the Yellow Emperor. The loud singing voice carried the good wishes of overseas Chinese sons and daughters, lingering over London. Guests and representatives of Chinese and overseas Chinese used the way of hanging blessing cards to pray for good weather in their hometown, prosperity of the motherland and peace and well-being in the world. At the end of the ceremony, Duan Zhenzhen, vice president of All-England Henan Fellowship Association and British Henan Chamber of Commerce, sang "Glorious China" with many Chinese children, pushing the atmosphere to a climax. Guests at the scene displayed the characters "Heaven and earth are harmonious" with flowers to express the Chinese nation's philosophy of unity, friendship and advocating peace.This year is the third British Chinese overseas Chinese worship the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor. Different from the past, this ceremony was faced with many unfavorable factors, such as Britain's complete abandonment of epidemic prevention and control, the Russian-Ukrainian war's obstruction of international shipping, and the complicated international situation's upsurge of "Chinese Exclusion". The organizer strictly abided by the requirements of "political security, propaganda security, scene security, and epidemic prevention security", and under the patient guidance of the organizing committee of the ancestor worship ceremony in Huangdi's hometown, it overcame many difficulties, and worked together 24 hours at home and abroad to ensure the smooth progress of the ceremony. In terms of epidemic prevention and control, refer to domestic epidemic prevention and control measures, formulate strict epidemic prevention and control plans and conscientiously implement them to ensure the life, health and safety of the participants at the scene to the greatest extent; In terms of materials transportation, we take the form of domestic consignment by special person and international logistics to fully guarantee the timely supply of materials for the ceremony; In terms of guest safety, apart from epidemic prevention safety, the organizer specially hired a professional security team to ensure the safety of the ceremony site.This year's ceremony of worshipping ancestors took the Yellow Emperor's culture as the main line, designed and produced a series of cultural and creative products of "Dream Back to Hometown" represented by Yellow Emperor's postcards, and together with many characteristic cultural and creative products such as Henan Museum and Palace Museum, they were given to every guest attending the ceremony as accompanying gifts, so that more overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese could feel Chinese culture more truly, understand Chinese culture and spread Chinese culture by seeing tangible cultural business cards.The successful holding of the ceremony of worshipping Xuanyuan Huangdi by British Chinese and overseas Chinese in the year of Yin is full of the good wishes of overseas Chinese to worship their ancestors, unite with one heart and pray for world peace and harmony. At the same time, as the inheritance gene of the root culture, it has been passed down from generation to generation among overseas Chinese, becoming an important business card for overseas Chinese to spread Chinese culture and tell Chinese stories well, and also building a new platform for cultural exchange between China and Britain and mutual learning between eastern and western civilizations.
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