Temple fair in Beijing
For millions of Chinese people, Spring Festival is not only a time for celebration but also for prayer. In Beijing, many fairs are held in ancient temples, for worshippers seeking blessings and protection for the New Year.
Temple Fair DaGuanYuan Beijing
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The must-not-miss Spring Festival event: Ditan Park Temple Fair
Temple fairs are a staple part of the Spring Festival festivities. Ditan Park holds an annual temple fair following the traditions of the Ming and Qing dynasties in Beijing, in which the god of earth is worshiped and folk rituals are performed. The fair highlights local customs, folk traditions and art performances. The number of visitors to Ditan Temple Fair reached more than 180,000 on the first day of the Year of the Pig.
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A traditional Chinese New Year temple fair
The temple fair at the Splendid China Folk Culture Village is the biggest in southern China, offering visitors some of the most traditional and cultural experiences.
Chinese People Visit Temple Fairs, Enjoy Lantern Shows during Lunar New Year
People in China enjoyed the festivities of the Lunar New Year on Monday by visiting outdoor temple fairs, enjoying lantern shows, and playing games.
Visitors flocked to the over 400-year-old Changdian temple fair in Beijing, which is considered the most prestigious temple fair in scale and length. It is a particular draw for people wanting to buy paintings or works of calligraphy, antiques, articles for daily use, children's toys, and food. The five-day temple fair lasts until Friday.
Thousands engaged in another popular activity to kick off an auspicious new year by crossing the Nine Zigzag Bridge at the Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai. Their walk is a symbol that they have overcome all their difficulties.
Visitors to the garden can also enjoy a month-long lantern show that lasts until Feb. 25. A lantern featuring a monkey, eight meters high and weighing one ton, stands inside the garden and has attracted lots of locals and tourists to pose for photos. True to life, the figure can even move its eyes and body, reminding people of the Monkey King in the popular epic Journey to the West.
The simian decorations at these events mark the start of the Year of the Monkey. In Western astrology, there are 12 astrological signs; and in Chinese astrology, there are 12 zodiac animals, consisting of the mouse, cow, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig.
To ensure the safety of all tourists, the lantern show's organizers will prevent visitors from entering if the number exceeds 40,000, a precaution taken after a deadly stampede on Dec. 31, 2014, killed 36 people in Shanghai, near the Chen Yi Square where around 300,000 people had gathered for the New Year celebrations.
The Lunar New Year, known as the Spring Festival, is the most important annual festival in the country, during which the Chinese people reunite with their families, much like Christmas in the West. As people have seven days off for the festival, many take to traveling around the country.
In northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, for example, tourists can join in a sleigh-pull race in the province's snow county, now a popular tourist destination well-known for heavy snow as deep as 2 meters and its colorful folk culture.
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Spring Festival Temple Fair Of Chaoyag Park In 2012 （北京 - 2012庙会之北京国际风情节）
Temple fairs have been a part of daily life in Beijing for hundreds of years becoming especially popular during the Qing dynasty. Scattered all over the city so residents could easily make their way to the nearest, some fairs were held as regularly as every fortnight. Between stalls perhaps hawking the kind of tat we all find so difficult to resist (especially during the holiday season) were opera and acrobatic troupes, puppet shows and cross-talk (the Qing equivalent of a stand-up comedy act).
The Spring Festival fairs were, of course, a much bigger deal. Back in the day, it was the Changdian fair that raked in the crowds, with long sticks of sweetened hawthorn fruits and visiting opera stars guaranteed. To get a real taste of the Chinese New Year or just to get outside, we've picked out a whole range of outdoor festivities for today's fair-goer.
Spring Festival in Beijing
From February 8 to February 13, China was celebrating the Spring Festival, which signals the start of a new lunar year. During that festival, there are few places to visit to experience traditional Chinese culture. This is a short video about few things you could see if you went to the Changdian temple fair and the Chaoyang park this year.
Beijing Temple Fair | 春节
It is a tradition to go to temple fairs during the Chinese Spring Festival or Chinese New Year celebrations. Beijing, as the culture capital of China, has a large number of temples. Temple fairs used to be an event of worship, in which people might pray for happiness, peace and luck. The modern temple fair has a wider variety of activities like worship, commercial trade, and recreation.
Beijing Temple Fair
By Wang Xi
Art Auction Changdian Fair - Beijing, China
An art auction takes place at the Changdian Temple Fair in Beijing, China. I think they are auctioning prints as the prices were very cheap, ie, under 100 RMB.
Shooting Balloons Changdian Fair - Beijing, China
Stepping up to take a shot at some balloons to win a prize at the Changdian Temple Fair in Beijing, China.
Ditan Park Temple Fair Snacks in Beijing
Temple Fair Beijing 2012 - Food Sculpture
A man sculpting a sort of flour paste into an assortment of figures. Taken at Dongyue temple in central Beijing.
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Ian Johnson, NYRB, Feb 15, report on empty Beijing : Martial Artists Train or Display
Changdian Temple Fair features many of the most famous performers of folk dance, singing, acrobatics, and martial arts. These groups originated as societies that performed in honor of gods on their feast days at temples, as well as to entertain the pilgrims who were visiting. Many still have a religious orientation but some are more secular, with their members participating for fun, exercise, and camaraderie.
One troupe I've particularly enjoyed over the years is Zhao Baoqi's Five Tigers Clear the Road (五虎打路), which performed at the Changdian festival on February 11. Zhao is a key player in the revival of traditional folk arts in Beijing and his group is the last in Beijing that performs in a physically demanding style that centers on the story about a Song dynasty emperor who is attacked by bandits. In this video, we see two separate performances by four of his older disciples; the problem that Zhao's and other groups face is prying young people away from the computer screen.
Changdian Miaohui
Chinese New Year Festival in Beijing.
At the Dong Yue (东岳庙) Temple Fair, Beijing
Ethan & I went to a small temple fair at Dong Yue Temple.
An irresistible Festival: Ditan Temple Fair, Beijing Clip2/2
Festival in Beijing: Ditan Temple Fair is attractive by its prosperity and cheerfulness as thousands people inside. Various games are there.
Changdian temple fair - chair skating
2016 Miaofengshan Temple Fair Banner Worship and Performance
Whenever people argue that Chinese temple fairs don't have anything to do with religion, I tell them to come to Miaofengshan and to watch closely. Here tyou see the 众友同心中幡聖會 Zhongyou Tongxin Zhongfan Shenghui offering incense to Our Lady of the Azure Clouds (Bixia Yuanjun) and then performs inside the temple at Miaofengshan. About eighty of these pilgrimage associations exist in Beijing, mainly drawn from pious working-class devotees. The pilgrimage is a key thread in my book, The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao. More on the book here:
Changdian Temple Fair -Food