Ancestor Worship Ceremony during the Ghost Festival of the Jiawu Year

The Hongdong Big Locust Tree Root-seeking Ancestral Worship Garden held the Zhongyuan Festival Ancestor Worship Ceremony in the Jiawu Year

The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the Chinese nation’s sacrificial festival? The Zhongyuan Festival? A traditional Chinese festival based on filial piety. On the same day, the Hongdong Big Sophora Tree Root-Searching and Ancestor Worshiping Ceremony during the Mid-Autumn Festival during the Jiawu Year was held grandly at the Hongdong Big Sophora Tree in Shanxi Province. Descendants of immigrants from all over the country and at home and abroad gathered in the Big Sophora Tree to pay homage to the immigrant ancestors in the Big Sophora Tree and express the feelings of being connected by blood and having the same root.

The sacrificial ceremony consists of worshiping the ancient locust tree and the three emperors of heaven, earth and man, praying for peace and prosperity of the country and the people, and a good harvest, and paying tribute to the immigrant ancestors with blessings and music and dance. After the sacrificial ceremony, many descendants of immigrants spontaneously stood in front of the ancestor worship hall to pray for the people in the earthquake-stricken area of ??Ludian, Yunnan. May our compatriots survive the difficulties safely, and hope that all descendants of the big locust tree will not be afraid of hardships and forge ahead. , wishing the descendants of the big locust tree in every corner of the world happiness and peace.

This Ghost Festival Ancestor Worshiping Ceremony closely focuses on the theme of "comforting the ancestors and praying for the people", showing filial piety, expressing the memory of the ancestors, and advocating for the whole society to better protect and inherit And carry forward the national intangible cultural heritage "The Custom of Worshiping the Ancestors of the Big Sophora Tree", create the Big Sophora Tree "Hometown" brand, and highlight the charm of the "Big Sophora Tree" root and ancestor culture.