On June 7th, 2008, Huangdi Festival was approved by the State Council and included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
Basic Introduction Chinese Name: Yellow Emperor Sacrifice mbth: Yellow Emperor Sacrifice Application Area: xinzheng city City, Henan Province Type: National Intangible Cultural Heritage Attribute: Grand Meeting of Chinese National Identity Inheritance No. : ⅹ-32 Date of approval: June 7, 2008 Festival origin, festival present situation, ancestor worship ceremony process and festival origin Xinzheng is the hometown of Huangdi, the birth, capital and cultural ancestor of Xuanyuan Huangdi. Since 2006 (the third month of the lunar calendar), the Yanhuang Cultural Tourism Festival, which was originally held by the people of xinzheng city, Henan Province, has been upgraded to an ancestor worship ceremony in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor. The origin of "March 3, worship Xuanyuan" is said that March 3 is the birthday of the Yellow Emperor. China has had "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up; I was born in Xuanyuan on March 3rd. Xuanyuan Huangdi is considered to be the ancestor of Chinese culture and the same ancestor of Chinese descendants. According to historical records, xinzheng city, Henan Province, known as the Xiongguo during the Huangdi period, has more than 20 cultural relics of Huangdi, which is the place where Huangdi was born, started his business and established his capital. Xuanyuan Huangdi rallied in Xiu De, caressing the people all over the world, spreading everywhere, melting Yandi and unifying the whole country. In the Spring and Autumn Period, this folk activity was further developed in the name of Zheng Xiangzi, and the activity of paying homage to Xuanyuan Huangdi on March 3 was held in Cishan, Dengzhou (located in xinzheng city, the relic of Huangdi's activities), and the folk custom was continued. About 5000 years ago, the Yellow Emperor unified the Yellow River valley by uniting with other tribes, which laid the basic pattern of Chinese culture. Located in the south of the Loess Plateau, Huangdi Mausoleum is the legendary Huangdi Crown Tomb. 196 1 was announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit and has the reputation of "the first mausoleum in China". The proverb "On February 2nd, the dragon looks up" and "On March 3rd, I worship Xuanyuan" has been widely circulated among the people since ancient times. Xinzheng, as the hometown of Xuanyuan Huangdi, is clearly recorded in the official history of the Warring States and the historical books of the Han Dynasty. In the historical classics of the Spring and Autumn Period, there is a record of going to Juci Mountain (commonly known as "Shizu Mountain") in Xinzheng on March 3 to worship the Yellow Emperor. After the Tang Dynasty, it gradually became a regulation. Prosperous times worship officials, and troubled times are governed by the people. Year after year, has continued to this day. Huangdi Festival Huangdi was a great tribal leader at the end of primitive society in China, and the ancestor of Chinese civilization. He makes weapons, boats, boats, bows and arrows. His wife can raise silkworms, his historian Cang Xie created Chinese characters, his minister created a calendar of dry branches, and music official Ling Lun made musical instruments. China later stood among the four ancient civilizations in the world, which was inseparable from the great honor of the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor also went down in history because of the great achievements of punishing evil and promoting good for the first time and unifying the Chinese nation. It is said that the Yellow Emperor lived 1 18 years. Once, he was traveling in Henan, and suddenly a bolt from the blue and a yellow dragon fell from the sky. It said to the Yellow Emperor, "Your task has been completed. Please die with me. "The Yellow Emperor knew that his fate was inviolable and went to the dragon's back. When Huanglong flew over Qiaoshan Mountain in Shaanxi Province, the Yellow Emperor asked to get off to appease his subjects. Hearing the news, CoCo Lee people came from all directions, and they were all crying. Under the repeated urging of Huanglong, the Yellow Emperor once again set foot on the dragon's back, and people grabbed the yellow emperor's skirt. Huanglong took the Yellow Emperor away, leaving only his clothes. People buried the clothes of the Yellow Emperor in Qiao Shan and built a tomb for the mausoleum. This is the origin of the legendary Huangdi Mausoleum. Since the 1990s, xinzheng city * * * has held ancestor worship activities on March 3rd every year according to historical regulations, which was later upgraded to be hosted by Zhengzhou * * *. In September, 2005, the provincial party committee and provincial * * * decided to upgrade to the provincial level, which was hosted by CPPCC and undertaken by Zhengzhou * * *. The three ceremonies are auspicious. Rainbow appeared in Xu Bing, Dinghai was auspicious, and rain fell on Wuzi, which touched the whole country and affected the world. Every year, several national leaders attend, and representatives from the central government, provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions and famous guests at home and abroad gather. Strong Chinese media at home and abroad broadcast live and in three dimensions, and the ceremony of ancestor worship attracted the attention of the world. Chinese at home and abroad recognize Henan as "the hometown in the hearts of all Chinese sons and daughters", praising the ancestor worship ceremony as a grand ceremony attracting the attention of hundreds of millions of Chinese around the world, a grand ceremony for rejuvenating the country when the Chinese nation reunites with the Central Plains, and a harmonious ceremony showing the splendid weather of prosperous China, which is recognized by the society; Henan's popularity and reputation have been enhanced, and important resources such as culture, tourism and cultural relics have been effectively integrated, and investment promotion activities have also followed the trend. More importantly, the central government regards the ancestor worship ceremony in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor as another brand-new platform for Chinese people around the world to seek roots and worship their ancestors, oppose independence and promote reunification. Its value and significance are extraordinary, and the ancestor worship ceremony is favored by the Central Plains. As the core content of ancestor worship ceremony, Nine Rites followed the historical regulations and injected new elements. Especially after three years of excavation, integration, exploration and practice, they have become increasingly perfect and become the norms to be observed every time. Specifically, they are: saluting in prosperous times, offering flower baskets, cleaning hands, worshiping gods, reading scriptures, singing carols, dancing and worshiping gods, harmony between heaven and earth, and sacred fire.