Since ancient times, the Chinese nation has the belief of "respecting heaven and ancestors", and in the eyes of the Chinese ancestors, heaven and earth nurture all living beings and are the highest gods.

The ritual of sacrificing to the sky is a form of communication between man and the sky, and the successive dynasties have presided over the ritual of worshiping the sky by the Son of Heaven himself, and the altar of the sacrifice to the sky is generally round, implying that the sky is round and the place is round.

During the ceremony, the prayers were recited, music was played, and sacrifices were burned to show that people had contributed the fruits of their labor to the heavens as a way of repaying them for nourishing all things.

During the Zhou Dynasty, the winter solstice was the first year, and it was generally sacrificed on the winter solstice.

In the Qin Dynasty, it was the beginning of the year in winter and October, so the sacrifice day was changed to October.

After the Han Dynasty, the calendar took the first month of the year as the first year, and the sacrifice day was changed to the Shangxin day of the first month.

On the winter solstice of 13, Yuan Shikai held the last ceremony of worshipping the heavens in Beiping, which was the last ceremony of worshipping the heavens in China.

After that, with the failure of Yuan Shikai to claim the emperor, the worship of heaven was regarded as a product of the "feudal imperial system" and was terminated.

In order to adapt to the changes of the times, many reforms have been carried out in the Nanhua Worship Ceremony. The most striking feature is that the emperor sacrifice has been changed to a group sacrifice.

The ceremony was presided over by the speaker of the parliament, Cai Lao, and the parliament and the government team led the ordinary people to worship together.

In order to distinguish the difference, the festival ceremony was also changed to start at 11 o'clock on Chinese New Year's Eve and end at 0 o'clock, symbolizing the beginning of the new year.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, around the dot of the Yin Fish in Tai Chi Square, which was built into a circular pond, 24 gun salutes began a half-hour fireworks display.

This is not comparable to the scale of later generations, but in this era, everyone is watching it, especially the children, who are extremely happy.

Zhou Nan and Audrey were dressed in fine costumes, and a large group of envoys and viewing groups watched the fireworks around the altar, and they were all dumbfounded.

Gunpowder is invented by the Chinese, and for a long time, the effect of black powder has been used in fireworks, and the research in this area is definitely not understandable to foreigners.

But it was precisely this wrong direction of research that led to the later conquest by the guns of foreigners.

At half past ten, the fireworks show ended, and the performance teams around the square began the fire dragon show. The two teams of performers divided into two teams along the road around the square, set off in the opposite direction, and circled the square.

After more than twenty minutes, the two teams converged again, regrouped into a team, and followed the reserved passage until they reached the entrance of the altar.

At eleven o'clock, the auspicious time has arrived. The music on the radio stopped and the national anthem played.

Around the square, millions of people sang the song of the Chinese people along with the music on the radio, and this kind of chorus of all people was enough to arouse the patriotic enthusiasm in everyone's hearts.

After the anthem of the national anthem, after the host's inspiring speech, he began to read the ancient rhyme-style sacrificial text.

The torch in the hand of the veteran Cai was lit in the fire dragon procession, and then ascended to the first floor of the altar.

The first layer of the altar was filled with firewood, and after being lit by Cai Lao, the fireworks rose high into the sky. Make the Emperor smell the scent. This is burnt, also called ritual.

Then, to the sound of drums, welcome the tablet to ascend the mound. The tablet has four sides, made of mahogany abundant in Borneo, and each side needs to be carried by four stick boys, and it is written on the top layer of the altar.

At this time, Cai Lao presided over the tablet, and all the leaders offered the blood of cattle and sheep to the tablet, and then offered five kinds of wine of different quality in turn, called Wuqi. After the first two offerings, you should offer whole animals, soups, soups, etc.

After the fourth offering, the millet diet was offered. After the fifth offering, the people drank all the wine from their cups.

Then, the drum music sounded again, and everyone knelt down facing the altar and performed three kneels and nine bows in the host's singing.

The first kneel, kneel to the sky, the second kneel, kneel to the ground, the third kneel, kneel to the ancestors.

Therefore, at the end of the ceremony, everyone got up and changed their positions, and all of them bowed facing the north.

Because the ancestors of all the southern Chinese people are in the ancient land of the north.

Millions of people, dressed in red costumes, worship together, this kind of scene is very shocking.

When Zhou Nan was on the second floor of the altar, worshipping with the chanting, he saw the crowd around him like himself, and the feeling of emotion even made him cry.

This kind of ritual is definitely not a feudal superstition, but a pious ritual to arouse the national feelings of all people and enhance the cohesion and centripetal force of the nation.

Anyone, even if they are not Chinese, can feel a sense of blood connection through this ritual.

This ritual not only made all the South Chinese proud and purified the mind, but also shocked all the foreigners.

The next day, almost all the media around the world reported on the Nanhua people's worship of the heavens.

Most of the media held a positive view that such a ceremony strengthened the cohesion of South China as an emerging country.

However, there are also some media critics that in the era of civilization, this kind of ritual of the feudal era is still used to deceive people's minds, which is a kind of regression of civilization.

Either way, we have to admit that this ritual does have a certain effect.

Chinese generally have no religious beliefs, or do not have the same religious atmosphere as Europeans and Americans.

The Chinese have always believed in heaven and earth, their ancestors, not ethereal gods.

The world media have been discussing the million-dollar worship of the Chinese for several days, and even the Chinese media have been praising the worship this time, believing that through such a ceremony, countless Chinese in Southeast Asia have found their roots.

The Taiji Square of the University of South China is also more important in people's hearts than the Suzaku Square in front of the government building in the center of Pontianak.

Although Suzaku Square is the center of the country, Taiji Square has become a sacred place in people's hearts after this worship.

In this way, there is another benefit, that is, more people donate to the University of South China.

Being able to engrave your name and life on the square of the Holy Land is even more glorious than before.

Zhou Nan has been in Nanhua after the fifth day of the first lunar month before returning to Switzerland, on the way back, in addition to bringing a group of Nanhua officials to go to Europe, there are also gifts and seafood from all walks of life in Nanhua to Zhou Nan.

Seafood is a luxury in Switzerland, and a large lobster more than a foot long may be a frequent snack for children in Nanhua, but in Switzerland, it can be sold for 50 Swiss francs, which is almost a week's salary of an ordinary person.

Although Zhou Nan doesn't need to make this little money, he can use these seafood as gifts to his colleagues in the political arena during the holidays, which is also a good way to build relationships.

After returning from Nanhua, Zhou Nan focused all his energy on preparing for the fourth World Economic Forum, and the annual lantern festival was also scheduled to be held on time.

The Oriental Museum and the Commercial Street, designed by Mr. Lin, have also been completed, and the museum will still need some time to prepare before it can be opened, but the Commercial Street is already open to the outside world.

This time, all the Chinese or Swiss vendors who come to set up shop no longer have to be pitiful to set up stalls in the open air or live in shacks.

The commercial street is 420 meters long, high in the west and low in the east, with a drop of more than 30 meters, and is divided into three floors.

According to the façade of a shop about five meters, there are a total of 120 storefronts on the north and south sides, of which 80 are single storefronts and the other 40 are large shops with two storefronts.

The southern row is Western-style architecture, predominantly Mediterranean-style, without the cumbersome decoration of European architecture.

The north row is dominated by Chinese style, with black tiles and white walls, and about 2.5 meters of eaves protruding from the roof of the first floor.

Whether it is a Western-style building or a Chinese-style building, it is designed with two and a half floors, the first floor and the second floor can be opened, and the upper half floor can be occupied.

Although the façade is not large, the largest store is only 10 meters wide, but the progress is relatively deep, the least is 10 meters, and the longest is 14 meters deep.

The reason for the difference is that half of the shops are designed eateries, cafes, and all of these shops need a kitchen.

And those stores that simply sell goods, of course, do not need a large kitchen, so the business area is a little larger.

The shopping street is a purely pedestrian street, with a width of nearly 20 meters, and a row of trees is planted in the middle, and there is a lawn between the trees.

Originally, I wanted to design the middle as a flower bed, but management was a big problem, so in the end, in order to save trouble, I designed it as a tree and grass that did not need to be taken care of.

All the shops are private properties in Zhounan, and they are only rented and not sold. However, because the town of Weggis provided the land, it has a 20% stake in the management company, but does not own the property rights.

At the same time, Zhou Nan is not involved in the management, and the town has formed a management team to collect rent, return gifts, and maintain the hygiene of the commercial street.

Before the museum was built, many people volunteered to be the director of the museum.

Zhou Nan has also been considering the issue of candidates recently, the director of the Western museum must be familiar with the cultural relics of the West, and the director of the Oriental Museum also needs to be familiar with the cultural relics of the East, and ordinary people do not have this ability at all.

Especially in the Oriental Museum, the cultural relics of the Orient are not only oil paintings, jewelry, there are many kinds, even some cultural relics masters, it is impossible to have a deep study in various different fields, so in addition to the professional level, the management level also needs to be considered.

It was in the midst of this tedious affair that the fourth World Economic Forum opened.

This year's forum is larger than the previous ones, and the number of sub-sessions has been expanded to 71, and not only the conference center, but also the conference rooms of the four surrounding hotels have been used as sub-venues of the forum.

Under the curtain of the Cold War, politicians are watching when peace will come.

And those businessmen are also seriously studying where the direction of business development is in today's environment!

(Continue the three updates today, and the next chapter will be the time for the protagonist to stir up the times.) I also want to write well, and try not to mess with the river crab god. ）