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HUANGLING, China, Apr. 6, 2022 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

On the morning of April 5, the 2022 Qingming Festival Memorial Ceremony for the

Yellow Emperor was held at the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor in Shaanxi

Province. The mausoleum, located in Huangling County, Shaanxi Province, is the

location of the tomb of  the Yellow Emperor, the common ancestor of the Chinese

nation. The memorial ceremony was jointly organized by the Shaanxi Provincial

People's Government, Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Overseas

Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council and All-China Federation of

Returned Overseas Chinese.

According to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, the number of

performers for the ceremony was significantly compressed, but the ceremony

rituals remained unchanged, fully highlighting the profound connotations of the

traditional offering culture.

At 9:50, the memorial ceremony officially started. All the attendees were

standing solemnly for the drum beats and bell rings. The 9 bell rings represent

the highest etiquette of traditional rituals of the Chinese nation, expressing

the infinite admiration and gratitude of all Chinese people to their ancestor,

the Yellow Emperor.

During the superb and elegant memorial music and dance performance, Cao

Jianming, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's

Congress, presented the flower basket to the statue of the Yellow Emperor. Liu

Guozhong, Secretary of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and Director

of the Standing Committee of the Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress,

presented the flower basket on behalf of the representatives of Shaanxi

province. Zhao Yide, the governor of Shaanxi Province, delivered the memorial

address.

Upon the end of the memorial address, all the attendees made three deep bows to

the statue of the Yellow Emperor.

After the memorial music and dance performance, a 56-meter-long Chinese dragon

hovered and leaped from the center of the altar, soaring to the sky. The dragon

traveled through five thousand years of history, telling the story of the

Yellow Emperor ascending to heaven.

As the Memorial Ceremony was completed, the attendees visited the Xuanyuan Hall

and the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, they then planted the Qiaoshan

cypresses.

Source: Shaanxi Provincial People's Government

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   Caption: Renyin (2022) Qingming Festival Memorial Ceremony for the Yellow Emperor was

held in Shaanxi.