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"Yan Emperor Legend" Selected into Hunan Intangible Cultural Heritage List

2018-01-27

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"Dream back to the ancestor, pray in Tangxi", Ding Younian Emperor Shennong Sacrifice Ceremony and Hunan intangible cultural heritage awarding ceremony were held in Tangxi Town, Zixing City.

 

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The event site

 

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Blessing concert

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The event site

 

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The audience recorded wonderful pictures on their phones.

Recently, "Dream back to the ancestor, pray in Tangxi", Ding Younian Emperor Shennong Sacrifice Ceremony and Hunan Province intangible cultural heritage awarding ceremony were held in Tangxi Town, Zixing City.

The Tangxi Town is located at the east of Zixing City , with 32,000 mu of "Gounaogong Tea" garden , 2,000 mu of red and yellow peach planting base and multiple natural hot springs , one of the six "characteristic hot spring towns" in Chenzhou. It was said that this place used to be a place of residence for Emperor Yan, where Yan Emperor discovered the wonderful use of tea and hot springs, left the "Legend of and Yan Emperor Tang Hot Springs", "Legend of Yan Emperor and Gounaogong Tea", "Emperor Yan Fighting Drought God" and other moving legends. In 2016, "Yan Emperor Legend" was selected into the list of intangible cultural heritage in Hunan Province, which was widely recognized by the society.

 

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Tangxi Town is awarded a plaque of "Hunan intangible cultural heritage representative project 'Yan Emperor Legend'".

On the day of the event, Tangxi Town was awarded a plaque of "Hunan intangible cultural heritage representative project 'Yan Emperor Legend'". Subsequently, the sacrifice ceremonies, blessing concerts and other activities were held. More than a thousand tourists and local residents from all over the country came to pray for blessings with the remembrance of ancestors, the blessings to the motherland and the yearning for a better life.

On the same day, Tangxi Town Government signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Wulianguan International Travel Service of Chenjian Group on tourism, hot springs, specialty products, agricultural and sideline products, etc. to further enrich the historical and cultural connotation of Yan Emperor Hot Spring and Gounaogong Tea, and promote the popularity of Tangxi Scenic Spot and the attention of tourists.