Manchu imperial descendants worship ancestor in N. China  

满族帝王后裔在辽宁清永陵祭祖寻根

满族帝王后裔“爱新觉罗氏”及数百名中国各地知名满族人士7日聚集在辽宁省抚顺市新宾满族自治县，在清太祖努尔哈赤的祖陵－－清永陵共同祭祀满族先祖。

Fushun (CNS) -- The Aisin Gioro family are Qing (1644–1911) imperial descendants and with hundreds of Manchu ethnic people worship their ancestors at the World Heritage Yongling Tomb in Fushun, Liaoning Province, as they did this Saturday.

The ceremony was held in a traditional way in both the Manchu and Mandarin languages.

Aisin Gioro Qixiang, an offspring of the Qing royal family, is now in his 60s. He attended the ceremony to express his gratitude to the locals for their ongoing protection of the tomb and to encourage fellow members of his minority group to treasure both the physical and spiritual cultural inheritance passed on from ancient times.

Aisin Gioro Heng told CNS that he has been lecturing on his own culture around Hong Kong, Changchun and other mainland citie,s and advocating Manchu language school construction in Manchu counties and towns to nourish the youngest of their ethnic group in their own language and cultural inheritance.

The ceremony has loyally abided by the ancient ethnic rules and etiquette, was an admiring comment made by Secretary-general Shang Hai with the Center for Overseas Chinese Research, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.