On the morning of September 7, 2022, a grand memorial ceremony to worship Emperor Shun, the founder of Chinese moral civilization, was held on Jiuyi Mountain in Ningyuan County, where Emperor Shun's mausoleum is located. The ceremony was hosted by the Hunan Provincial People's Government, and organized by the Yongzhou Municipal People's Government and the Ningyuan County Government. Two sub-venues were set up for the first time, respectively in Laos and Macao SAR.

Mao Weiming, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and Hunan vice governor, officiated at the ceremony.

The memorial ceremony to worship Emperor Shun (Photo/Liu Shangwen)

Emperor Shun is one of the five grate emperors in the ancient China, and also the founder of Chinese moral civilization. The Mausoleum of Emperor Shun on Jiuyi Mountain is the earliest and longest-standing temple in China to worship the ancestor. Beginning from the Xia Dynasty (2100 BC-1600 BC), it has been reputed as the "No.1 Mausoleum in China" as a place of worship of Chinese ancestors.

The memorial ceremony this year is the sixth session after the ceremony was initiated by the Hunan Provincial People's Government in 2005.

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: Voice of Hunan