The Chinese Root-Seeking Festival of the Gengyin Year (June 8, 2010)

Fireworks are blazing, and the ancient city of Suizhou is holding another grand Chinese gathering; bells and drums are ringing, and Chinese people from all over the world are gathering together in the hometown of Emperor Yan. On the morning of June 8, the opening ceremony of the 2010 World Chinese Yan Emperor’s Hometown Root-Seeking Festival and the ceremony to pay homage to Yan Emperor Shennong in the Year of Geng Yin were held grandly in Lishan Town, Suixian County. More than 10,000 guests from home and abroad gathered in Lieshan to pay homage to the ancestor Yan Emperor Shennong, sing about the prosperity of China, and pray for world peace and harmony.

The Emperor Yan Shennong was born in Lieshan, Suizhou, Hubei Province and was the founder of Chinese farming civilization. His people-oriented spirit of perseverance, overcoming obstacles, pioneering innovation, and seeking welfare for the people has been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years and has become the core values ??of the descendants of Yan and Huang. His dedication and pioneering ignited the first fire of five thousand years of Chinese civilization.

Chen Changzhi, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Chen Yunlin, President of the Association for Cross-Strait Relations, Luo Qingquan, Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, Hubei Provincial Party Committee, Governor Li Hongzhong, Song Yuying, Chairman of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Taiwan New Alliance Association Chang Xu Linong and others attended the ceremony.

During the festival, Suizhou City and Sui County are filled with flowers and crowds. The simple and persistent Suizhou people use colorful flags, flowers, slogans, smiling faces, and thumping village drums to welcome their relatives back "home" to worship their ancestors. Yezu Square was crowded with people and flags were fluttering. At 8:46 a.m., the ancestor worship ceremony began. During the invitation process, a phalanx of sacrifices, classics, family names, and VIPs entered in sequence along the central axis of the square. The phalanx of classics aims to speak with historical records: Suizhou is the undisputed hometown of Emperor Yan Shennong. The phalanx of hundreds of family surnames is headed by the banner of the surname "Jiang" of Emperor Yan, followed by the five surnames of Lieshan, which means that the Chinese nation inherits the blood of Yan and Huang, and their descendants will live and multiply. These two square formations 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 the ceremony to pay homage to Emperor Yan Shennong.

Li Xiansheng, member of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Committee and Executive Vice Governor, delivered a speech. He first expressed a warm welcome to leaders and friends from all walks of life on behalf of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Government and the 60 million people of the province. He said that Emperor Yan Shennong was the humanistic ancestor of the Chinese nation. Hubei is the birthplace and main activity area of ??Emperor Yan Shennong. Today, the descendants of Yan and Huang at home and abroad gathered in the Holy Land of Lieshan to pay homage to the founder of Chinese humanities, Yan Emperor Shennong, to express the infinite remembrance and admiration of the Chinese people around the world for the ancestor of Yan Emperor, to express that the descendants of Yan and Huang inherit the spirit of Yan Emperor Shennong and carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture. The beautiful wishes and strong responsibilities express the harmonious concept and patriotic pride of the Chinese people in praying for the prosperity of the country and the well-being of all people. We believe that as long as the descendants of Yan and Huang do not forget their ancestors, adhere to their ancestors' aspirations, gather their emotions, and face the future, they will surely be able to create splendor and splendor that is worthy of their ancestors and worthy of the times.

Chen Yunlin, President of the Association for Cross-Strait Relations, and Luo Qingquan, Secretary of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, unveiled the statue of Emperor Yan Shennong. Suddenly, salutes were fired, everyone cheered, and colorful smoke rose around the statue.

The statue stands on the seventh peak of Jiulie Mountain, 113 meters above sea level, facing the Yandi Shennong Hall in the distance: "He" holds wheat ears in his hands, looking into the distance, majestic and majestic. This statue is currently the tallest stone statue of Emperor Yan and Shennong in the world. It is based on the portrait of Emperor Yan and Shennong purchased from the Huagang Museum in the United States by the Chinese-American Zhou Dengqiao for a large sum of money. It is 95 feet high (approximately 31.67 meters), meaning The Nine-Five Statue; the side length of the base is 56 feet (approximately 18.67 meters), which means the 56 ethnic groups in China; the height of the base is 42.6 feet, which means the birth day of Emperor Yan Shennong on the 26th day of the fourth lunar month.

Chen Changzhi, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, announced the opening of the 2010 World Chinese Root-Seeking Festival in the Hometown of Emperor Yan and the Ceremony of Paying Respect to Emperor Yan and Shennong in the Year of Geng Yin! The audience sang the ancestor worship theme song "The Great Song of Emperor Yan". Subsequently, "Goddess of the Holy Fire" Zhong Yangyang, Olympic champion Li Xiaoshuang, "Faith Brothers" Sun Donglin, national model worker Xu De, and Taiwan New Alliance President Xu Linong passed on and lit the cauldron.

In the solemn and sweet music, Chen Changzhi, Chen Yunlin, Zhao Yang, deputy director of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, Zhang Wenbin, first vice president of the Chinese Yanhuang Culture Research Association, and Yang Xuetong, executive vice president of the China Machinery Industry Federation , Executive Vice Chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association Xu Peidong, Luo Qingquan, Li Hongzhong, Song Yuying, Deputy Director of the Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee Jiang Daguo, Suizhou Municipal Party Committee Secretary Wang Xiangxi, Mayor Liu Xiaoming and others presented flower baskets to Yandi Shennong in four batches. Representatives of compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, overseas Chinese, celebrities from all walks of life, experts, scholars and entrepreneurs presented high incense in turn. The wisps of fragrant fragrance express the deep respect for ancestors and feelings of family and country of the descendants of Yan and Huang.

Li Hongzhong, Governor of the Hubei Provincial People's Government, respectfully read the "Ode to Emperor Yan". In the form of traditional parallel prose, the eulogy deeply and affectionately praises the great achievements of Emperor Yan, and recalls the glorious achievements of the people of Jingchu who inherited the spirit of Shennong, implemented the scientific outlook on development, united as one, overcame the difficulties, and fought against the international financial crisis, and prayed for blessings. China "unifies the world." After the respectful reading, everyone bowed three times and paid homage to the ancestor.

Then the ceremony entered the performance stage. The first program is a large-scale original music poem and painting "Materia Medica" that praises Emperor Yan Shennong for starting the civilization of traditional Chinese medicine. The famous CCTV host Chen Duo's passionate recitation, realistic stage layout and dancers' wonderful performances perfectly complement each other, bringing the audience into the ancient barbaric era when there was a lack of medical treatment and medicine, and also brought in beautiful art. realm. After Taiwanese singer Jiang Yuheng sang the song "The Beating Heart", China's "Drum King" Zhang Yangsheng, the Chinese Golden Drum Troupe, and a certain unit of the Airborne Forces jointly performed the original music "Leisi Harmony", which pushed the atmosphere to a climax. This program is the first time in the history of world music that ordinary farm tools such as shovels and iron forks are used as musical instruments on a large scale, and the grass, chimes, Shennongjia banggu and Chinese golden drum are put on the same stage. The organic fusion of original grass beats, simple and heavy chimes, rough and unrestrained banggu performances, and festive and joyful drum beats, the perfect collision of vulgarity and elegance, brought an indescribable and wonderful audio-visual experience to the audience. The performance ended with the singing of the famous young singer Huang Ying's original song "Dream Follows the Heart", which eulogized Suizhou's landscape and humanity.

Provincial leaders Li Chunming, Zhang Tong, Qiu Xiaole, Chen Baihuai, Provincial Yanhuang Culture Research Association President Ding Fengying, relevant leaders Dong Wenjiu, Zhou Jiguang, Zhao Beichen, Ma Qingming, Li Hongyun and others from more than 30 countries including the United States and Canada Representatives of overseas Chinese associations, Lieshan Clan Association, well-known entrepreneurs and other well-known people from the area attended the opening ceremony and ancestor worship ceremony.

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 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 Association, the Taiwan Retired Generals Delegation, the Yanhuang Culture Research Association in various places, etc. Representatives from the government and organizations participated in the opening ceremony and ancestor worship ceremony.

This Root-Seeking Festival is sponsored by the Chinese Yanhuang Culture Research Association and the Hubei Provincial People's Government, and is hosted by the Suizhou Municipal People's Government. The theme of the ceremony is "China has the same roots and unites the world."