On March 3rd, worship Xuanyuan. On March 15th, local time in the UK, with the assistance of Chinese community organizations and overseas Chinese leaders, such as the All-UK Henan Fellowship Association and the Henan Chamber of Commerce in the UK, and the Sino-British Science and Technology Innovation Platform, the activities of worshipping Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor with the theme of "the same roots and ancestors, peace and harmony" were launched in various parts of the UK.
Promote a century-long friendship through mutual learning of civilizations.
"Worship Xuanyuan on March 3rd" is one of the most important cultural traditions of the Chinese nation. The Yellow Emperor is the ancestor of Chinese civilization, the common ancestor of humanities, the founder of China's state, the founder of the unified Chinese nation, and the consanguinity ancestor of the vast majority of Chinese people. The era of the Yellow Emperor started the unbroken Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years. Every year during March 3rd, Zhengzhou, Henan Province will hold a grand and spectacular ceremony to worship the Yellow Emperor's hometown. At the same time, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas Chinese from many countries will spontaneously hold a ceremony to worship the Yellow Emperor, which echoes the ceremony in Zhengzhou, Henan Province.
Five thousand years ago, Xuanyuan Huangdi unified China, planted hundreds of valleys, made clothes, built boats and cars, made melody and pushed the calendar, which started the Chinese civilization that led the world for thousands of years. In the 18th century, an industrial revolution sweeping the world started from Britain, which opened a new era of industrial civilization. The Maritime Silk Road, which spans Eurasia and carries China's foreign trade for thousands of years, has set up a bridge of friendship between the East and the West.
Generation after generation of Chinese people went to England, while being influenced by local culture, they also spread Chinese traditional culture. Cultural integration nourishes the deeper and deeper friendship between China and Britain. Wang Qiuhui, president of the All-England Henan Fellowship Association and the Henan Chamber of Commerce in England, said: "The ancestor worship ceremony will let more descendants of the Yellow Emperor know about the long history of the Chinese nation, and remember the roots and roots of Chinese and overseas Chinese. In this special period, we worship our ancestors, pass on our friendship, and jointly wish the epidemic an early end, and pray for the prosperity of the motherland and the people of the world. "
"From Tiananmen Square to China Zun, what we have seen is a Dagankun; From Beijing to Greater London, we are filled with patriotism; From the Yellow River to the global village, we can't forget that we are the root of China. " Wook Kim, former Minister Counselor of Chinese Embassy in the UK, President of China International Trade Association and Dean of School of International Development Cooperation of University of International Business and Economics, expressed his heartfelt feelings at the event.
"Worship ancestors and worship ancestors is the main vein of Chinese traditional beliefs. The current international situation once again highlights the importance of building Community of Shared Future for Mankind. It is hoped that China and Britain will take culture as a link, enhance friendship, join hands in fighting epidemic diseases, work together for the well-being of the two peoples, and more pragmatically promote deeper economic and trade cooperation between the two countries. " Ma Qingyun, general representative of Welsh government office, said.
The activities of worshipping ancestors have attracted extensive attention from many Chinese communities in Britain and the local government. Count bathurst IX, an adviser to the British central government, leader of Gloucestershire and former director of the Royal Agricultural University, expressed their blessing by telephone. Rob Stewart (rob stewart), Speaker of Swansea City, Wales, entrusted his senior adviser on China affairs to send his blessing to the British ancestor worship activity, and participated in the joint promotion of this British ancestor worship activity on the British Welsh media platform.
Influenced by the local epidemic situation, the activities of worshipping the Yellow Emperor in Xuanyuan, England are based on the nine rituals of the ceremony of worshipping the Yellow Emperor's hometown, combined with the national conditions of Britain, on the basis of being as complete as possible, highlighting the important links of worshipping the text, singing carols and so on, and adopting a non-centralized and non-contact family-based form of worshipping the ancestors.
In the concentrated visit session, the grandson of the famous patriotic general Fang Ying, Wang Boxiang son of the general, and Mr. Wang Taisheng, honorary president of China Anti-Japanese War Veterans' Association, read the prayer with deep affection as the main worshippers, and offered incense to worship Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor. Ms. Wang Beibei, president of China Performing Arts Association and a famous soprano singer of opera in Britain, played and sang Ode to the Yellow Emperor in the Concert Hall of National Liberal Club, England. Ren Zihao, who once released the dove of peace in the ceremony of ancestor worship in the hometown of Yellow Emperor Xinzheng in Jihai, specially compiled the musical notation into a staff, performed and sang Ode to Yellow Emperor with violin.
It is understood that when the domestic epidemic raged in February, the British Association called on Chinese to donate epidemic prevention materials, donating 55,000 masks and 7,260 pounds to help their hometown Henan. Taking this activity of worshipping ancestors as an opportunity, the British Hometown Association set up the "Medical Voluntary Mutual Aid Working Group in Henan, England" to help Chinese overseas Chinese in Britain answer COVID-19 and other medical problems. Take the root culture as the link, unite overseas Chinese, fight the epidemic together, and take practical actions to convey love for the national conditions and unite the national heart.
In addition to the traditional media forms such as TV, radio, websites and print media, this activity specially created a publicity and promotion scheme for overseas Chinese and international students, such as Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and other international overseas social media combined with well-known domestic media bloggers. Make full use of different forms such as videos, short videos, pictures, words, etc. to innovate and promote the activities of worshipping ancestors and the spirit of the Yellow Emperor. In conjunction with the Chinese restaurant in central London, we will open a place to worship the Yellow Emperor in Xuanyuan, and show the wonderful clips of this worship. After that, the area will also be used as a free space to publicize the IP of the hometown of the Yellow Emperor.
The first activity of paying homage to Xuanyuan Huangdi held in the UK is a new direction and a new beginning of Sino-British cultural exchange. It shows that Chinese overseas Chinese in the UK worship ancestors and respect ancestors, bearing in mind the true aspiration of Chinese descendants, and is based on "caring for humanity, putting people first, keeping faith, upholding justice, advocating harmony and seeking common ground", "fairness and justice", "harmony without differences", "One family under the heaven" and "people" The event is of far-reaching significance for promoting the integration of the Yellow Emperor culture and the British Chinese community, promoting the further exchanges and cooperation between Henan and the British government, conveying the Chinese nation's foreign development concept of "harmony and harmony, seeking great harmony", and building an international harmonious development order and Community of Shared Future for Mankind.
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