The ancient city of Suizhou held another Chinese event; the bells and drums were ringing, the hometown of Yandi gathered Chinese from all over the world. the morning of June 8, 2010, the opening ceremony of the World Chinese Yandi Hometown Roots Hunting Festival and Gengyin visit to Yandi Shennong Ceremony in Suizhou County, Lieshan Town, was held ceremoniously. More than 10,000 guests from home and abroad gathered in Lishan, pay homage to the ancestor of Yandi Shennong, sing the prosperity of China, pray for world peace and harmony.
Born in Hubei Suizhou Lieshan Yandi Shennong, is the founder of Chinese farming civilization. His people-oriented spirit of perseverance, cutting through thorns, pioneering and innovation, and working for the well-being of the people has been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years, and has become the core values of the children of the Yellow Emperor. His dedication and pioneering efforts ignited the first flame of 5,000 years of Chinese civilization.
Chen Changzhi, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), Chen Yunlin, president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), Luo Qingquan, secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee of the People's Republic of China (CPC),
Li Hongzhong, governor of Hubei Province, Song Yuying, chairwoman of the CPPCC, and Hsu Liinong, chairman of the New Alliance Society of Taiwan (NATS), participated in the ceremony.
Festive Suizhou City, Suizhou County, flowers like the sea, people like tide. Simple, persistent Suizhou people with colorful flags, flowers, slogans, smiling faces, with the village drums ringing to welcome relatives back to "home" to pay homage to their ancestors. The ancestral visit square was crowded with people and flags were displayed. At 8:46 a.m., the ancestor worship ceremony began. In the invitation to enter the link, worship, canonical books, hundreds of surnames, VIP square along the square axis in order to enter. The canonical square is designed to speak with historical records: Suizhou is the undisputed hometown of Yandi Shennong. Hundred Surnames Square by the Yan Di "Jiang" flag at the head, followed by Lie Shan five surnames, implying that the Chinese nation inherited the bloodline of Yan Huang, the children and grandchildren of the birth and reproduction. The two squares are specially designed for the ancestor worship ceremony.
Tian Chengzhong, vice governor of the Hubei Provincial People's Government, presided over the opening ceremony and paid homage to Yandi Shennong.
Li Xiansheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Committee and executive vice governor, delivered a speech. He first on behalf of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, the provincial government and the province's 60 million people, to all leaders and friends from all walks of life to express a warm welcome. He said, Yandi Shennong is the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation. Hubei is the birthplace of Yandi Shennong and the main activity area. Today, at home and abroad, the children of Yanhuang gathered in the holy land of Lie Shan, *** with the visit to the Chinese humanities ancestor Yandi Shennong, send the world's Chinese ancestor of Yandi's infinite remembrance and admiration, expressing the children of Yanhuang inheritance of the spirit of Yandi Shennong, carry forward the spirit of the Chinese fine traditional culture of the good wishes and strong responsibility to express the children of the Chinese people to pray for the country to flourish, the people of the harmony of the concept of health and patriotic sentiment. We believe that as long as the children of the Yellow Emperor do not forget their ancestors, adhering to the ancestral will, cohesion of emotions, and look to the future, we will be able to create a worthy of the ancestors, worthy of the times of splendor and brilliance.
Chen Yunlin, president of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, and Luo Qingquan, secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the People's Republic of China***, unveiled a large statue of Yandi Shennong. At that moment, the salutes were fired, all the people cheered, and brilliant colored smoke rose around the statue.
Large statue standing 113 meters above sea level on the seventh peak of the Jiu Lie Mountain, and Yandi Shennong Hall looking away: "he" hand holding wheat, looking into the distance, solemn and magnificent, imposing. This statue is currently the world's tallest Yandi Shennong stone statue to Chinese-American Zhou **** - Wang Deqiao with a heavy purchase from the United States of America Hua Gang Museum of Yandi Shennong portrait as a blueprint, 95 feet high (about 31.67 meters), meaning the Nine or Five; base side length of 56 feet (about 18.67 meters), meaning that China's 56 ethnic groups; the base height of 42.6 feet, meaning that the birth of Yandi Shennong Lunar calendar, the fourth month of April! Twenty-six.
Chen Changzhi, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, announced the opening of the 2010 World Chinese Yandi Hometown Roots Festival and the Gengyin Ceremony to pay homage to Yandi Shennong! The whole venue rang the ancestor worship theme song "Yandi Great Song". Subsequently, the "sacred fire goddess" Zhong Yangyang, Olympic champion Li Xiaoshuang, the "brothers of faith" Sun Donglin, national model Xu De, Taiwan's new Alliance President Xu Linong passed and lit the sacred fire basin.
In the solemn and pleasant music, Chen Changzhi, Chen Yunlin, deputy director of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, Zhao Yang, the first vice president of the Chinese Yanhuang Culture Research Association Zhang Wenbin, China Machinery Industry Federation Executive Vice President Yang Xuetong, China Musicians Association Executive Vice President Xu Peidong, Luo Qingquan, Li Hongzhong, Song Yuying, Jiang Daiguo, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the provincial people's Congress, Suizhou Municipal Party Committee Secretary Wang Xiangxi, the mayor of Liu Xiaoming, etc., in four batches to pay homage to Yandi Shennong. Four batches of Yandi Shennong to pay homage to the flower basket. Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan compatriots and overseas Chinese representatives, representatives of celebrities from all walks of life, experts, scholars and entrepreneurs on behalf of the high incense in turn. Wisps of fragrance expresses the deep respect for the ancestors of the children of the Yellow Emperor and the feelings of the family and the country.
Li Hongzhong, governor of the Hubei Provincial People's Government, read the "Ode to Yandi". Ode to the traditional form of parallelism, full of affection to praise the greatness of Yandi, recalled the children of Jingchu inherited the spirit of Shennong, the implementation of the scientific concept of development, the people of the city, **** overcome the difficulties, to combat the international financial turmoil made brilliant achievements, pray for China "and the world". After reading, all three bow, *** worship ancestor.
Then, the ceremony entered the performance section. The first program is to sing the praises of Emperor Shennong opened the civilization of traditional Chinese medicine large-scale original audio-poetry "Herbal Scriptures". CCTV's famous host Chen Duo's emotional recitation, realistic stage setup and the dancers' wonderful performance, the pearl and complement each other, bringing the audience to the ancient barbaric times when there was a lack of medicine, as well as into the realm of absolute beauty and art. After the Taiwanese singer Jiang Yuheng sang the song "Stagecoach Heart", China's "Drum King" Zhang Yangsheng, the Chinese Golden Drum Troupe, a department of the Airborne Forces jointly performed the original music "Leiyu Harmony", which pushed the atmosphere to the climax. This program is the first time in the history of world music, large-scale use of shovels, pitchforks and other common agricultural tools as musical instruments, Lei Plowshares, chimes, Shennongjia bang drums and the Chinese Golden Drums moved to the same stage. The original Lei Plowshares beating, simple and heavy chimes playing, rough and unrestrained bangdrum performance, joyful drumming organic fusion, the perfect collision of vulgarity and elegance, bringing the audience an unspeakably wonderful audio-visual experience. Performance in the famous young singer Huang Ying eulogize Suizhou landscape, humanities original song "dream with the heart" in the end of the song.
Provincial leaders Li Chunming, Zhang Tong, Qiu Xiaole, Chen Bohuai, Ding Fengying, president of the provincial Yanhuang Cultural Research Association, the leaders Dong Wenjiu, Zhou Jiguang, Zhao Beichen, Ma Qingming, Li Hongyun and from the United States, Canada and other more than 30 countries and regions of the Chinese and overseas Chinese associations representatives, representatives of the Lieshan clan associations, representatives of well-known entrepreneurs and other celebrities to participate in the opening ceremony and ancestral worship ceremony.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, the People's Government of Shaanxi Province, the People's Government of Henan Province, the People's Government of Hunan Province, the Chinese Musicians Association, the World Chinese Hubei Fellowship Association, the delegation of retired generals from Taiwan, and Yanhuang Cultural Research Societies around the world sent representatives of the government and organizations to participate in the opening ceremony and ancestor worship ceremony.
This year's Roots Festival is organized by the Chinese Yanhuang Culture Research Association, the Hubei Provincial People's Government, and the Suizhou Municipal People's Government. The theme of the ceremony is "Huaxia same root, and the world".