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Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor, is a legendary man named Xuanyuan, who is regarded as the ancestor of all
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nationalities on the central plains. He was said to have mounted a dragon at Huangling county in Shaanxi Province
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and ascended to heaven. A tomb was thus built there to honor him. Even today, at the Qingming Festival, the day
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in April to honor the dead, visitors from home and abroad hold grand worship ceremonies in Huangling county.