壬寅年黄帝故里拜祖大典圆满礼成

来到河南郑州新郑黄帝故里园区，通过寻根门沿神道两侧前行，踏上轩辕桥探访故里祠，恍若穿越人类岁月长河。自东侧升平门缓缓步入拜祖广场，仰望轩辕殿前威武庄严的黄帝塑像，崇敬、感动之情油然而生。

在我们脚下这片热土上，八千年前，裴李岗先民们已经在这里开始了农耕生活。五千年前，轩辕黄帝在这里出生、创业、建都，逐步统一了黄河中下游地区，开启了中国的雏形，点亮了中华文明的曙光，成为中华文明五千年不断裂的历史起点。

三月三，拜轩辕，是中华民族的传统，肇始春秋，绵延至今。1992年起，新郑市政府把民间拜黄帝活动升格为炎黄文化旅游节。2006年，河南省委把新郑当地举办的拜黄帝活动升格为由河南省人民政府、政协河南省委员会、国务院台湾事务办公室、中华全国归国华侨联合会、中华全国台湾同胞联谊会、中华炎黄文化研究会等主办的黄帝故里拜祖大典，承办单位为郑州市人民政府、政协郑州市委员会，执行单位为新郑市人民政府。2008年，黄帝故里拜祖大典仪程被国务院列入国家级非物质文化遗产名录。经党中央、国务院批准，从2015年开始，黄帝故里拜祖大典被作为“保留举办”项目，年年举办，成为推动中华传统文化创造性转化与创新性发展的生动实践。

“大风起兮云飞扬，吾土吾心吾欢畅，四海之内皆和谐，吾思吾梦吾向往……”每年农历三月初三，黄帝故里拜祖大典现场，悠扬动听的黄帝颂歌一响起，便会牵动起亿万中华儿女的悠悠情丝。

十多年来，黄帝故里拜祖大典已成为凝聚世界华人民族自豪感和向心力的巨大磁石，成为世界华人高度关注、踊跃参与的文化盛典，全世界华人不仅亲临黄帝故里拜谒人文始祖、参加拜祖大典，而且自发在海外当地举办三月三“同拜黄帝”活动，极大地凝聚了海内外华人的精神与力量。

在现场拜祖的同时，近年来大典还开通了网上拜祖祈福平台，实现线上线下拜祖并重。从庚子年到辛丑年，越来越多的海外年轻华人被既有传统韵味又有现代气息的网上拜祖形式所深深吸引。如今，网上拜祖和祈福已经成为中华儿女共赴寻根拜祖的心灵之约和精神回归的新平台。

“中华民族的文化复兴大业需要每一个中国人一步步地走出来。黄帝故里拜祖大典就是其中浓墨重彩的一笔，它不仅使源远流长的华夏文明跃然纸上，更凝聚了全球华人自强不息的民族精神。”在全国政协委员黄改荣看来，黄帝故里拜祖大典影响越来越大、气场越来越强。

传承着先祖遗风，洋溢着文化自信，中华儿女正意气风发行进在民族复兴的征程中;以黄帝文化、黄河文化为纽带，古老的中原大地正成为海内外中华儿女聚焦的热土;郑州，这座古老而又年轻的城市，正展现出勃勃生机，以高昂的精气神挺进在建设现代化国家中心城市的大道上。

郑报全媒体记者 赵文静/文 黄余洋/图

【双语】

Worship Ceremony for Yellow Emperor transmits Chinese Civilization

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When visitors come to the Yellow Emperor's Hometown Scenic Area in Xinzheng, Zhengzhou, Henan, they walk through the Root-seeking Gate,step on Xuanyuan Bridge,and visit the Guli Shrine, It's like traveling through the history of human time.While looking up at the majestic Yellow Emperor statue in front of Xuanyuan Hall,a feeling of reverence arises.

On this land, 8000 years ago, our ancestors in Peiligang started farming here. 5000 years ago, the Yellow Emperor was born here, then he gradually unified the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River region, opened the embryonic form of China, lit the dawn of Chinese civilization,which became the historical starting point of the Chinese civilization lasting over 5000 years.

Worshiping the Yellow Emperor on the third day of the third lunar month is the tradition of the Chinese nation, and it starts from the beginning of Spring and Autumn.

Since 1992, the folk worship of the Yellow Emperor activities determined as the Yanhuang cultural tourism Festival by the Xinzheng Municipal government.

In 2006, the grand worship activities of the Yellow Emperor were sponsored by Henan Provincial People’s Governmentm, CPPCC Henan Committeee, Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, All-China Federation Of Taiwan Compatriots and Association for Yan Huang Culture of China, and undertaken by Zhengzhou Municipal People’s Government, CPPCC Zhengzhou Committeee and Xinzheng People’s Government.

In 2008,the worship ceremony was listed on the national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council.

Approved by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, since 2015, the ceremony has been held every year as a "reserved" project, which has become a vivid practice of promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of traditional Chinese culture.

For more than ten years, The grand ceremony of ancestor worship in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor has showed the pride and cohesion of the Chinese people around the world.

The Chinese from all over the world not only visited the birthplace of the Yellow Emperor to pay their respects to the ancestors of humanity and participated in the ceremony but also spontaneously held the "Worship the Yellow Emperor Together" activity overseas on March 3, which greatly strengthen the sprites of the Chinese at home and abroad.

In recent years,the online ancestor-worship platform has become very popular among Chinese people around the world.

Zhengzhou, the young city with a long histor, shows its great vitality and strive to build a modern national central city.