Zhengzhou International 三月，以你之姓冠树之名，共赴一场春日之约!
‘Second day of lunar February, dragon raises its head’, everything is genuinely waking up at this time: spring is coming.
“二月二，龙抬头”，万物此时真正苏醒，春来了。
‘Third day of lunar March, worship Xuanyuan’, lightning ready to strike and wind travels, calling for the liveliness of spring. On this day, Chinese people around the globe collectively worship Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, the first humanitarian ancestor.
“三月三，拜轩辕”，雷动风行，引发春来之生机勃勃，这一天，全球中华儿女共同敬拜人文始祖轩辕黄帝。
China has had the saying ‘second day of lunar February, dragon raises its head; third day of lunar March, worship Xuanyuan’ since ancient times, continuous Juci Mountain, rippling Zhenwei; mountains and rivers of motherland, hometown of Yellow Emperor, as for each sons and daughters of China, seeking root and tracing ancestors, being respectful to parents’ funeral and remembering the ancestors not only are the tradition of Chinese nation, but also are the motive power for perpetual succession and transmission generation after generation of Chinese culture.
It takes several years for a tree to grow. If the saplings are ‘planted’ into your smart phones, how long will it take to shape a mountain forest?
中国自古有“二月二，龙抬头;三月三，拜轩辕”的说法，具茨绵绵，溱洧洋洋;山河祖国，黄帝故里，对于每一位中华儿女来说，寻根问祖、慎终追远，不仅是中华民族的传统，也是中华文化生生不息、代代相传的原动力。
一棵树的生长需要数年光阴，如果把树苗“种”进手机里，需要多久便能拥有一片山林呢?
March denotes a warm climate for all living things to get vitality.
三月，天气回暖，万物回春。
We invite you to claim a ‘Mr. Tree’ and plant a ‘blessing forests’ with netizens. Watered by the Yellow River, the tree will be named after your surname. We call for your whole-hearted devotion to ‘plant’ a new hope in the spring.
我们邀请您去认领一棵“树先生”，以你之姓冠树之名，用黄河水浇灌，与网友共建“祈福林”，以赤子之心“种”下新的希望，赴一场春日之约!
To claim a tree named after your surname in the planting of a blessing forest.
认领一棵姓氏树，共建一片祈福林
Numerous Chinese people gather in Xinzheng, the hometown of the Yellow Emperor on the third day of March on the lunar calendar each year to pay tribute to the Chinese ancestor!
每年的三月初三，无数中华儿女齐聚在黄帝故里新郑，礼拜祖先!
The year 2020 was heavily hit by the abrupt coronavirus. As such, the 2020 conventional grand ancestor-worship ceremony in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor moved to the Internet for the first time and opened an online ancestor worship platform. Chinese people across the world completed an online ancestor worship ceremony in a brand-new way, sending out blessing assembly number to the world through the Internet. After the online ancestor-worship platform went online, it immediately became a hit among all the Chinese people around the globe. Fingertip ancestor-worship became a hot spot for a while and became popular on the whole network.
2020年，一场突如其来的疫情来袭，庚子年黄帝故里拜祖大典首次搬进互联网，开通了网上拜祖平台。全球华人以全新的方式完成了一场网上拜祖盛典，通过互联网向全球发出祈福集结号，网上拜祖平台上线之后，立即在海内外的华人群体中间掀起了热潮，指尖拜祖一时间成为热点，火爆全网。
This year, the 2021 online platform for ancestor-worship and blessing in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor will take a brand-new shape highlighted with ‘education simulation’ interactive sections, which will blow people away. Netizens are allowed to enter their surnames to ask for saplings and get the trees watered from the Yellow River by fulfilling assignments. The event also calls on family members and friends with the same surname to collectively plant a blessing forest. You are encouraged to plant a tree with your surname and to cultivate it with water from the Yellow River by just clicking on the screen of your smart phone.
今年，辛丑年黄帝故里网上拜祖祈福平台将全新亮相，增加的“养成类”互动模块，让人眼前一亮。广大网友可以输入自己的姓氏领取姓氏树苗，通过做任务领取黄河水浇灌树苗，号召同姓家人、朋友共建姓氏祈福林。种下一棵树，以你之姓冠树之名，浇灌“黄河水”，用指尖守护它日益茁壮。
With the help of the accumulated 100 small drops of the Yellow River water, the ‘Mr. Tree’ will eventually grow into big trees. The 100 ‘Mr. Tree’ with the same surname will become a ‘blessing forest’. While worshiping the ancestors and praying for blessings, they met with Chinese netizens with the same surname online to act together in the planting of new hope in the spring and let the ‘green’ spring in our hands move. Is this kind of ancestor-worship full of heart?
当黄河小水滴积攒到百滴时，“树先生”便长成大树，当凝聚100棵同姓氏的“树先生”，能拥有一片“祈福林”。在拜祖祈福的同时，与同姓华人网友相约，共同在春天种下新希望，让掌中的春色“绿”动起来，这样的拜祖，是不是饱含心意?
According to sources, the 2021 online platformfor ancestor-worship and blessing in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor will be supplemented by a host of interesting interactive activities compared with last year, such as education simulation, cross-screen interaction, and personal data base. The platform will also be highlighted by the popular Chinoiserie illustrations with more vivid page animations. All these efforts will contribute to the diversity and rituality of ancestor-worship in a vivid manner.
据悉，辛丑年黄帝故里网上拜祖祈福平台较去年增添了不少趣味性互动模块，加入了养成类、跨屏互动、个人数据库等内容设置。在风格上，融入当下流行的国风插画，页面动画效果更加生动，使得拜祖方式更丰富，拜祖氛围更浓厚，增强了拜祖仪式感。
What’s still unknown: what elements will be trendy in the 2021 online platform for ancestor-worship and blessing in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor? What kind of marvelous sparks will be produced by the coexistence of ‘traditional’ and ‘trendy’ ancestor-worship? Don’t worry, all will be unveiled one by one! （Reporter Zhang Sipei）
留点悬念：那么，辛丑年黄帝故里网上拜祖祈福平台有哪些环节会成为今年的拜祖新风潮?“传统”与“新潮”并存的拜祖方式会碰撞出怎样的奇妙火花?别急，接下来都将一一揭晓! (记者 张思沛)
