Lien Chan, honorary chairman of the Chinese Kuomingtang Party, and his wife Lien Fang-yu, pay homage to the Yellow Emperor, considered to be the ancestor of all Han Chinese People, in Xinzheng, central China's Henan Province April 19.

He said, "Expressing my greatest respect toward our ancestor has been my lifetime wish." Lien, leading a 27-person Taiwan delegation, will tour other provinces before attending the third Cross-Straits Economic, Trade and Cultural Forum on April 28-29 in Beijing.

Guests gather in front of the former residence of the Yellow Emperor.

(China Daily April 20, 2007)