Maiji Mountain Grottoes, a national 5A-level Scenic Spot. Picture provided by Tianshui Travel Administration.

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- The 2014 (the first of the ten Heavenly Stems and the seventh of the twelve Earthly Branches) Public Ceremony for Fu Hsi and the Twenty-fifth China Tianshui Fu Hsi Cultural Tourism Festival kicked off at TianShui City of Gansu province on 22 June. National leaders, politicians and celebrities from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, leaders of ministries and commissions, leaders of provinces, cities and municipalities, leaders of famous overseas Chinese associations, representatives from Hong Kong, Macro and Taiwan and culture-related celebrities and well-known experts from inland China will attend this ceremony.

A total of 100 'hundred family surnames' representatives and thirty enterprise representatives from Chongqing and over 20,000 citizens of Tianshui City also participated in this ceremony. In the meantime, Fu Hsi Temple was open to the public for free and welcomed all Chinese people to worship their common ancestor. (Translated by Yang Heng, Fathom Language Limited)