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A Series of Folk Activities to be Held in the Scenic Area of Yellow Emperor's Hometown

Yesterday, it was learnt that the Scenic Area of Yellow Emperor's Hometown in Xinzheng would hold a series of folk activities to celebrate Chinese New Year during the Spring Festival of 2015, to welcome the coming Spring Festival and to inherit and promote Chinese traditional culture.

It was learnt that a series of folk activities launched by this scenic area include five aspects, including the activity of burning incense, praying and celebrating New Year on New Year's Eve, which comprises two folk activities -- praying with incense burning and staying up to celebrate New Year on New Year's Eve. To carry out the activities smoothly, the Scenic Area of Yellow Emperor's Hometown will be open to citizens and tourists for burning incense and praying from 23:30 pm on New Year's Eve to 1:00 am the next day.

There will be a grand opening of the first ancestor worshipping in the New Year. At 9:50 am on the first day of lunar New Year, the Scenic Spot of Yellow Emperor's Hometown will witness the first ancestor worshipping in New Year in Baizu Square, themed by “Worship Yellow Emperor and Welcome Year of Goat”. And citizens and tourists can go and participate in.

Ancestor worshipping activities will be held regularly during the Spring Festival. The Scenic Spot of Yellow Emperor's Hometown will hold special ancestor worshipping ceremony at 9:50 am and 3:50 pm every day during the first seven days of Lunar New Year, to fulfill the wish of tourists both at home and abroad to worship the ancestor.

Meanwhile, there will be on-line ancestor worshipping and praying activity. During Spring Festival, tourists can visit the website of Scenic Area of Yellow Emperor's Hometown (www.hdgl.cc) to participate in the on-line ancestor worshipping and praying activity. They can also share New Year’s wishes with netizens via @ Tencent and Sina Microblog, or by following WeChat public account of “Scenic Area of Yellow Emperor's Hometown”.

“Greet friends, shake off the dust and start a new journey” activity will be held every morning. During the Spring Festival, every morning, Scenic Area of Yellow Emperor's Hometown will arrange full-dressed ceremonial staff to stage a welcoming ceremony for tourists at Han-dynasty Watchtower.

According to the responsible person of the scenic spot, the enrolling of all these activities have already started, tourists interested are welcome to dial 0371–69953658 or 0371–69902555 to consult detailed arrangements.

 

Copyright by Zhengzhou Municipal Tourism Administration