Yanqi Lake: The first international Guan Gong Cultural Forum was held ceremoniously
World Guangong Culture Net News: On June 26th (Lunar May 13th) to June 28th, the first international Guan Gong Cultural Forum hosted by the Institute of Philosophy of Renmin University of China was held on the Yanqi Lake of Huairou, Beijing.
More than 50 experts and scholars from the United States, France, Germany, Japan, Mainland China and Taiwan attended the forum.
On the Yanqi Lake of Huairou, Beijing, the Taoist priests of Guangong Temple in Huairou performed the worship ceremony for the guests.
Dr. He Jianming (the second one from the left) from the Institute of Philosophy of Renmin University of China presented a new book of "Guandi Zang" to the photographer Zhu Zhengming (middle). The first person on the right was Wang Yincheng, Secretary General of the Innovation and Development Culture Committee of the China Enterprise Culture Promotion Association., the second from the right was Patrice Fava, researcher at the EFEO and the Taoist Research Center of Renmin University of China, and the first one from the left was Ms. Huang Ruirong, honorary president of the International Hongmen Charity Federation.
Daniel Burton-Rose, assistant professor of History Department at North Carolina State University in the United States, gave a speech on the altar and the views of the three religions of officials in the middle of the Qing Dynasty.
Vincent Goossaert, professor at the École pratique des hautes études in France, gave a speech on The Guandi in the war period of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Philip Clart, Professor of Universität Leipzig, gave a speech on The Creation and Data Analysis of the “Questions and answers between the Human and God Database”.
Erjietang shanhong, Professor of the Department of Literature of Kansai University, Japan, gave a speech of The Legend of the Most Ancient Guan Gong Statue in Japan.
Vincent Durand-Dastès, professor at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales in Frence, gave a speech of A play for a hundred years of Guangong goes to Maicheng to ascend to heaven.
Doctor He Jianming from the Institute of Philosophy of Renmin University of China gave a speech on The Guandi Belief in Beijing during the Republic of China.
Zhu Zhengming, former director of the Overseas Center of the United Front Work Department of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee, gave a speech on The World Guandi Culture in the Eyes of Photographers.
Professor Zhang Jialin (right) from the Humanities College of Aletheia University communicated with Chinese scholars.
Wu Zhen (the first one from the right), associate professor at the School of Arts of Renmin University of China, delivered a speech on the ceremony exhibition of the theme opera “Guangong kills the devil” in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the second person from the right was Guo Wu, from the School of History and Archives of Yunnan University.
Jiang Shoucheng, researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, gave a speech on Guan Gong's image in the Song-Yuan Taoist literature.
Hu Jiechen, Assistant Professor of Yuelu Academy, gave a speech on A Preliminary Study of the Literature of the Guandi in the Middle and Early Qing Dynasty.
Zhu Mingchuan, a graduate student in religious studies at the School of Philosophy at Fudan University, 24 years old, gave a speech on The Emperor's Promotion Movement since the End of Qing Dynasty.
Some of the guests visited the Guan Wang Temple of the Great Wall of Juyongguan Pass, and put up a banner of Travel around to visit Guangong.
During the meeting, the guests watched the worship ceremony of Guanong Sharpening Knife Festival in Huairou Guangong Temple, and went to the Great Wall of Juyongguan Pass to visit the Guanwang Temple and Guandi Hall.
(Written by Gang Ga, figured by Zhu Zhengming ,Wu Chengyu and Lu Daojing)