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HUANGLING, China, April 7, 2023 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

On the morning of April 5, the 2023 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 Yellow Emperor, the common ancestor of the Chinese

nation.

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

standing solemnly for the drum beats and bell rings. The 34 drumbeats

symbolized the common aspiration of the whole Chinese nation, as well as all

overseas Chinese to worship the ancestor of the Chinese nation. The 9 bell

rings represented the highest etiquette of traditional rituals of the Chinese

nation, expressing the infinite admiration and gratitude of sons and daughters

of the Chinese nation to their ancestor, the Yellow Emperor.

During the superb and elegant memorial music and dance performance,Xiao Jie,

Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, presented

the flower basket to the statue of the Yellow Emperor. Zhao Yide, Secretary of

the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and Director of Shaanxi Provincial

People's Congress Standing Committee, presented the flower basket on behalf of

the representatives of Shaanxi province. Zhao Gang, 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, gazing at the ever-changing

present and flying towards a bright and magnificent future.

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.

The memorial ceremony was jointly organized by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the

State Council, Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, All-China

Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and Shaanxi Provincial People's

Government.

Source: Shaanxi Provincial People's Government

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held  in Shaanxi