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Tribute Honours Yellow Emperor

2004/05/01

On April 4, an historical tribute by some 4,000 Chinese from home and abroad paid homage in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, to Xuanyuan Huangdi (the Yellow Emperor) on behalf of the more than 1.3 billion Chinese across the globe.

The gathering took place outside the legendary emperor's mausoleum, and was a sign of respect to the ancestor of the Chinese nation.

This year, for the first time, the sacrificial rites were broadcast live by CCTV (China Central Television), Shanghai Oriental Television, Hong Kong Phoenix Television and Shaanxi Television to a worldwide audience.

The Yellow Emperor was honoured as the ancestor who helped bring Chinese civilization into being. Inventions attributed to him include the cart, the boat, the bow and arrow, and Chinese medicine. One of his imperial historians is believed to have created the foundations of Chinese pictography.



 
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