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Yellow River Culture Month | Changing Outfits to Launch Most Fashionable Online Ancestor Worship Rite

"On the second day of the second lunar month, dragon raises its head"

Everything has woken up now, and spring has arrived.

"On the third day of the third lunar month, people pay homage to Xuanyuan, the Yellow Emperor"

As the spring draws near, everything is full of vigor.

On the third day of the third lunar month,

Chinese both at home and abroad pay homage to the Yellow Emperor, the Chinese ancestor of humanity.

There is an old saying in China,

"On the second day of the second lunar month, dragon raises its head; on the third day of the third lunar month, people pay homage to Xuanyuan, the Yellow Emperor".

The hometown of the Yellow Emperor

is located at the foot of the Juci Mountain and along two rivers, the Zhen and Wei.

For every Chinese,

looking for family roots and paying respect to ancestors

are not only the traditions of the Chinese nation,

but also the driving forces that make the Chinese culture keep growing and pass on from generation to generation.

Do you want to "travel back" to ancient times and look like the celebrities in the ancient world?

The first ancestor in silkworm raising Luozu, the inventor of Chinese characters Cang Jie, the romantic poet Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, and dancers from the classical dance program Palace Banquet in Tang Dynasty that has gone viral online… Who do you want to look like?

On the third day of the third lunar month of this year, let's look for family roots and pay respect to ancestors.

This year, Chinese netizens around the world can continue the online ancestor worship rite of last year to worship our common ancestor.

In 2021, the online platform for worship for and blessing from the Yellow Emperor has been upgraded and will make its debut. Today, we will introduce the new method of online ancestor worship to you in advance.

In 2020, the online platform for worship for and blessing from the Yellow Emperor was launched for the first time. The function of "changing outfits" of the platform was favored by netizens.

This year, the function has been divided into two sections: "Traveling Back to Ancient Times" and "Reviewing Glorious Years". There are a total of 12 sets of costumes and scenes representing different identities and occupations, letting netizens experience the long-standing history of China and the 100-year history of the Communist Party of China.

In the section of "Traveling Back to Ancient Times", you can swap your face with the figure in the picture.

Do you want to see your best ancient costume photos?

The dancers from the dance show Palace Banquet in Tang Dynasty, the great poet Li Bai with graceful bearing, the fisherman by the Yellow River, and the woodman from the Juci Mountain… You can try these characters in a historical scene that embodies the Yellow Emperor culture and Yellow River culture.

In the section of "Reviewing Glorious Years", you can review the century-old journey of Party building.

In 1921, the founding of the CPC was announced on a boat at the Nanhu Lake in Jiaxing. Now you can review the century-old journey of Party building and draw from the revolutionary spirit.

In this section, various characters with distinctive characteristics of the times will get you through this phase of extraordinary history.

Are you looking forward to "looking back at the history"?

Do you want to find more interesting things on the platform? Do you expect more surprises? Please stay tuned!

Copyright by Zhengzhou Municipal Tourism Administration