China News Service, Mianyang, March 15 (Reporter Wang Peng Yang Yong) The Xin Chounian Cross-Strait Wenchang Sacrifice Ceremony was held on the 15th in Zitong County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province. More than 200 guests from both sides of the strait gathered at Qiqu Mountain in the "Tianxiachang Zuting" The big temple, together offering sacrifices to Emperor Wenchang.
The picture shows the scene of the event. Li Jingwen, deputy director of the Exchange Bureau of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, awarded the plaque to Zitong County.
Photo courtesy of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Sichuan Province
The Fifth Cross-Strait Wenchang Cultural Exchange Event officially kicked off on the same day. This is also the first large-scale, high-standard Sichuan-Taiwan exchange event in Sichuan in 2021.
"Confucius in the north, Wenchang in the south", Zitong is the birthplace of Chinese Wenchang culture, and the Wenchang sacrificial ceremony on both sides of the strait in Xin Chounian is the highlight of this event.
Before the ceremony, Li Jingwen, deputy director of the Exchange Bureau of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, read out the "Approval for the Establishment of Cross-Strait Exchange Base in Wenchang Ancestral House of Zitong, Mianyang, Sichuan", and awarded the plaque for Zitong County.
The picture shows the scene of the event.
Photo courtesy of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Sichuan Province
"In recent years, with Wenchang culture as the medium, Sichuan and Taiwan have carried out a series of exchange activities, which has established a platform for compatriots on both sides of the strait to listen to each other's wishes and to jointly inherit and promote Chinese culture." said Yuan Ming, deputy director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Sichuan Province, and Sichuan is willing to work together. Compatriots in Taiwan share new opportunities for development and deepen exchanges and cooperation between Sichuan and Taiwan. "I hope that compatriots in Taiwan will join hands with us to jointly promote cross-strait relations and spring blossoms."
The picture shows the scene of the event where students from both sides of the strait recite the "Wenchang Yin Wen", one of the "Three Good Books".
Photo courtesy of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Sichuan Province
Jing Dazhong, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Mianyang Municipal Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, stated in his speech that Wenchang culture, as an important part of the excellent traditional Chinese culture, has influenced generations of Chinese people and is a precious cultural heritage.
This time, the two sides of the strait commemorate Wenchang, demonstrating the cultural heritage of the compatriots on both sides of the strait of "being cautiously chasing the long distance, and the people's virtues". It reflects the deep brotherhood of the compatriots on both sides of the strait, and the national sentiment of the compatriots on both sides of the strait. development of.
In the morning of the same day, the main entrance of the Qiqushan Temple slowly opened, and the ceremony officially began.
The guests from both sides of the strait wore ribbons, stood up and watched, in accordance with the traditional Wenchang sacrificial "three offerings" regulations, and jointly witnessed the cultural beliefs of the descendants of Chinese people.
The picture shows the scene of the event.
Photo courtesy of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Sichuan Province
In the first gift offering session, 21 students from both sides of the strait presented scrolls to Emperor Wenchang in Han clothes, performing and reading an excerpt from "Wenchang Yin Wen", one of the "Three Kinds of Good Books".
In the Asian gifting session, representatives of the business community and scholars from both sides of the strait stepped forward in order to clean their hands and pray for the prosperity of the world and the prosperity of the country and the people.
In the final gift offering session, leaders and guests presented flower baskets to Emperor Wenchang.
Finally, in the large-scale sacrificial music and dance, a song "Song Wenchang" set off the climax of the ceremony.
On the same day, a grand Wenchang sacrificial event was also held at the Wenwu Temple Square in Lukang, Changhua, Taiwan.
Through video communication, the Zitong sacrifice site communicated with nearly 200 grassroots people and Wenchang believers on the island, shared the grand occasion, and inherited Wenchang culture.
"The joint sacrifice to Wenchang between the two sides of the strait this time can shorten the psychological distance between the people on both sides of the strait, and is of special significance." said Huang Qingxian, chairman of the Taiwan China Cross-Strait New Era Exchange Association and director of the Taiwan Studies Center of Nankai University. In the context of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, For cross-strait exchange activities, you can first communicate online to find consensus. "A crisis is a turning point, and you can prepare for exchanges after the epidemic."
The picture shows the scene of the event.
Photo courtesy of the Taiwan Affairs Office of Sichuan Province
"From childhood to before the big exam, we would all worship Wenchang. I also participated in similar worship activities in Taiwan, but it was the first time to come to the ancestral court of Wenchang to worship." At the ceremony of the sacrifice ceremony, I was a freshman at Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Wu Zhenying, a student from Taiwan, was very excited.
She said that although the cultures of the two sides of the strait are slightly different, through the Wenchang exchange activities, the students on both sides of the strait learn from each other and gain each other.
After the sacrificial ceremony, students from both sides of the Taiwan Strait jointly worship Wenchang and pray for student luck in the main hall of the Qiqushan Temple.
During this event, cultural and creative works exhibition, Dongjing ancient music intangible heritage exhibition, Wenchang cultural seminar and economic and trade exchanges will also be held.
In recent years, Wenchang cultural exchange activities across the Taiwan Strait have attracted a large number of Taiwan compatriots to find their roots and ask their ancestors. Zitong County has also organized 13 batches of 160 people to Taiwan to carry out the "Cross-Strait Wenchang Cultural Exchange Activities", which has continuously set off the "Wenchang Fever" in Baodao.
Up to now, there have been more than 100 batches of more than 10,000 Taiwanese related organizations that have come to Zitong for exchanges.
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