The sixth Cross-Straits Yan Emperor Folk Ancestor Worship Ceremony takes place on May 19 at the Yan Emperor Mausoleum in Gaoping, Shanxi province. [Photo/sxrb.com]

The sixth Cross-Straits Yan Emperor Folk Ancestor Worship Ceremony was held on May 19 at the Yan Emperor Mausoleum in Gaoping, a county-level city in North China's Shanxi province.

The ceremony was sponsored by the Chinese Yanhuang Culture Studies Association, the Shanxi Yan Emperor Culture Studies Association and the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang.

It's an important event to promote traditional culture, enhance cultural self-confidence and promote the emotional identification and harmony of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Straits. It is also a vital measure to deepen cross-Straits economic, trade and cultural exchanges and cooperation and serve local economic development. 

Government officials from Gaoping, Jincheng and Shanxi, residents and businesspeople from Taiwan, overseas Chinese businesspeople, experts and scholars, people from economic and trade circles and locals attended the on-site ancestor worship activity. 

In addition to the offline ceremony, the event included an online ancestor worship and praying platform, attracting Taiwan compatriots and the global Chinese community to reconnect with their cultural roots and complete blessings. 

A television studio invited two scholars to discuss and explore the culture of the Yan Emperor, a legendary pioneer of ancient Chinese agriculture, during the event. 

Gaoping, known as the birthplace of the Yan Emperor, boasts the richest cultural resources related to the legendary emperor in China.

The county-level city has historical relics, detailed and reliable written records, long-standing sacrificial activities and far-reaching influence on related customs and culture.

It has deeply explored the culture of the Yan Emperor in recent years, and held the Cross-Straits Yan Emperor Economic, Trade, Cultural and Tourism Promotion Series for five consecutive years. The event has advanced economic, trade and cultural exchanges and cooperation between Shanxi and Taiwan.