Longtan Temple Fair in Beijing
The Lunar New Year is the most important Chinese festival. Local temple fairs are held during the festival period and provide a place where residents and tourists alike can enjoy performances and games and taste local snacks.
Beijing Review's foreign editor Craig Crowther takes you around the Longtan Temple Fair, one of the most popular fairs in Beijing. #ChineseNewYear #SpringFestival
Beijing’s Ditan Temple Fair Welcomes 191,000 Visitors on Monday
The Ditan Temple Fair held in Beijing's Ditan Park welcomed 191,000 visitors on Monday, the first day of the Chinese Spring Festival Holiday.
Ditan is the altar venue where sacrifices were formerly offered to the Earth God in the Ming and Qing dynasties in Chinese history in the 15th to 20th centuries.
The fair was first launched in 1985. The current one will last until Friday, where snacks and delicacies from northern China could be found and cultural performances, including Qing-style sacrificial ceremony, will be performed..
According to sources, the visitors number on Monday was 3.2 percent above that of last year and the number will be still increasing in the following days.
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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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Ditan Temple Fair in Beijing
more than one million people visit Ditan Temple fair during spring festival in Beijing.
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Spring Festival celebrations are never complete in China without spending the day at a temple fair. Losing oneself in a sea of people, sampling traditional snacks, watching al-fresco performances and enjoying a cacophony of colors and smells are all part of the festive season. CGTN reporters are visiting Beijing’s Longtan Park to experience the Spring Festival the way locals do.#SpringFestival2018
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Directions
How to get to Lama Temple
By Subway:
Take Subway Line 2 or Line 5 to Yonghegong (Yonghe Temple) Station, get out of the station from Exit C. Walk south about 400 meters (440 yards), then you'll find it on the east side of the road.
By Bus:
1. Take bus 13, 116, 117 or 684 and get off at Yonghegong Station.
2. Take bus 13, 18, 44, 75, 116, 684, Te 2 or Te 12, and get off at Yonghegong Qiao Dong Station.
3. Take bus 117 or 125, and get off at Yonghegong Qiao Bei Station.
How to get to the Temple of Heaven
By Bus:
South Gate: Take bus 36, 53, 122, 525, 958, Te 3, Te 11, Te 12, or Yuntong 102 to Tiantan Nanmen Station.
West Gate: Take bus 2, 17, 20, 36, 53, 71, 72, 93, 120, 622, Brt 1 or Te 11, and get off at Tiantan Ximen Station.
North Gate: Take bus 6, 34, 35, 36, 72, 106, or 110, and get off at Tiantan Beimen Station.
By Subway: Take Subway Line 5 to Tiantan Dongmen Station; leave from Exit A and you'll find the East Gate of the Park.
How to get to Longtan Temple
Address: Longtan Lu
Subway: Tiantandongmen/ Jingson
Bus: Take nr. 6, 12, 620, 116, 807
and get off at Beijing Youleyuan Station
Longtan Park Lantern Festival 2011
CHINA: YEAR OF THE SNAKE: CELEBRATIONS LATEST
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People in the Chinese capital of Beijing began a seven day holiday to bring in the New Year by attending cultural activities in parks around the city.
Colourful dragon heads danced to the beat of drums and cymbals at the Longtan Temple Fair, where children joined adults to perform acrobatics and provide musical entertainment.
The Year of the Dragon is giving way to the Year of the Snake according to the Chinese zodiac, an animal which is clever, swift and cold blooded.
Evening skies in the suburbs of Beijing were illuminated with fireworks, a traditional display of light and sound which the Chinese have lit for centuries to mark the start of a new year.
Fireworks are banned in Beijing for safety reasons, but the pop of firecrackers can still be heard in the capital as old habits die hard.
People with a passion for pyrotechnics can drive to the suburbs and light fireworks legally throughout the evening.
Thousands of firefighters stand by with hundreds of fire trucks at public gatherings and firecracker sites to snuff out any accidents which might occur.
At the stroke of midnight the Beijing bell tower resonates with the sound of repeated ringing of a 63-tonne bell.
First built in 1272, the bell tower has twice survived fires to rise again in the north of Beijing to house what is said to be the biggest bell in China - 5.5-metres high, 3.4-metres in diameter and 145-millimetres thick.
People gather to take a swing of the giant wooden arm as a means of ensuring good luck in a year which may well see Beijing win its bid to host the 2008 Olympics Games.
SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin)
Our life is getting better day by day. I wish our foreign friends good health. People all over the world are in one big family. I wish you both a happy new year and best of health.
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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.
China scales back New Year festivities as killer coronavirus continues to spread
Caption: Coronavirus: China scales back New Year festivities as killer coronavirus continues to spread (Picture: Reuters; AP) All major Chinese New Year celebrations have been cancelled in Beijing as part of efforts to stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The government has also scaled back festivities in Hong Kong, while Shanghai’s Disney resort was closed. Some made it to local temples, wearing face masks for protection, but many stayed home as cultural sites and cinemas were closed. The capital axed all temple fairs, a popular tradition with performances, children’s games and New Year-themed souvenirs. The Forbidden City, the sprawling palace that is now a museum, closed indefinitely today. The Lunar New Year marked the Year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac (Picture: AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) An unprecedented lockdown has 36 million people from traveling around China (Picture: AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) Although the virus’ epicentre, Wuhan, is more than 700 miles away, the Lunar New Year travel rush sees millions cross the country in one of the largest annual migrations of people worldwide. Advertisement Advertisement There have been at least 830 confirmed cases in China, of which around 100 are in critical condition, and a handful in countries across the globe. Authorities have locked down Wuhan, which has a population of 11 million, and nine other cities. Large-scale quarantines are rare around the world, even during viral epidemics. Dr Gauden Galea, the World Health Organization’s representative in China, said: ‘To my knowledge, trying to contain a city of 11 million people is new to science. ‘It has not been tried before as a public health measure. We cannot at this stage say it will or it will not work.’ A child enjoyed an amusement ride near decorations for a canceled Lunar New Year temple fair at Longtan Park in Beijing (Picture: AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) More than 40 people have died from the virus, from the same family that caused the SARS epidemic in 2002-03 (Picture: AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Hong Kong cancelled a firework show and a four-day carnival that was set to begin on Sunday. May Wen, who queued to pray at the city’s Wong Tai Sin temple on New Year’s Eve, said: ‘The atmosphere of Lunar New Year is not as good as last year even if there’s no coronavirus.’ ‘Some shops closed down, and people aren’t in the mood to go shopping.’ Every year worshippers jostle to be first in line to plant their incense sticks. This year was no different but for the many face masks. There have been three confirmed cases in Hong Kong, and another three in Taiwan, including a Taiwanese businessman who works in Wuhan and a Chinese woman who was part of a tour group from Wuhan. Got a story for Metro.co.uk? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. For more stories like this, check our news page. Advertisement Advertisement
2010 春节 in 北京 庙会-2
本物の鳥でした｡
China, Taiwan and Vietnam get ready for the arrival of the New Year
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Beijing, China - 8 February 2013
1. Wide of red lanterns hanging at temple in Longtan Park, in the Chongwen district of Beijing, where preparations are underway for a fair which begins on New Year's eve (Saturday)
2. Various of lanterns
3. Wide of workers hanging decorations
4. Tilt-down of workers attaching banners displaying New Year's chunlian (couplets of poetry) to side of temple gate
5. Wide of booths
6. Mid of workers setting up booth
7. Tilt-down from toys to workers cleaning booth
8. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Li Jibe, Gaming booth vendor:
I hope people will be very happy during the new year so that we can make money. This is our primary purpose to be here but of course we are happy to make people feel entertained.
9. Various of food vendors setting up cooking facilities
10. Tilt down as people walk through gates
11. Various of lanterns
Taipei, Taiwan - 6 February 2013
12. Various of people shopping as part of New Year preparations
13. Wide of a vendor selling cured meats
14. Close up of cured meat and sausages
15. Various of people praying at shrine
16. Wide of shoppers at flower market
17. Tilt up of flower decorations
18. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Liu Wen-jiu, shop-owner:
So the Year of Snake will be a prosperous year, we call it a little dragon year. So I wish Taiwan's economy can be a little bit better.
Taipei, Taiwan - 7 February 2013
19. Various of stall selling Snake mascots (this is the Year of the Snake)
20. Set-up shot of fortune teller Tsai Shang-chi
21. Close up of his information cards
22. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Tsai Shang-chi, Fortune Teller:
There will be conflict in the East, and the South East area will have violent conflicts. And in East Asia and South East Asia area, natural and man-made disasters will be increased. And also East China sea and South China sea will experience tense situations.
23. Shoppers buying flowers
24. Shoppers buying Chinese New Year ornaments
Hanoi, Vietnam - 8 February
25. Various of shoppers in streets in Hanoi's old quarter
26. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Dam Duc Thong, shopper
Tet is an important event and the house must be decorated. I buy these ornaments with hope to bring good luck to my family.
27. Mid of woman looking at ornaments
28. Close-up of fake money used for decorations
29. Various of people shopping at fruit market
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Final preparations are underway in China and across Asia for the lunar New Year which begins on Saturday.
Workers in Beijing hung decorations and set up booths ahead of the temple fairs which open for business on New Year's eve, while Taiwanese shoppers packed crowded markets stocking up on everything from sausages to fake flowers and toy mascots.
This year will be the Year of the Snake - or also known as the little dragon - and many hope that it will bring good fortune traditionally associated with the full-size fire-breather which in Chinese mythology is linked to all-powerful leaders of the imperial past.
In China, millions of city dwellers and tourists are expected to rush into dozens of temple fairs in the city for shopping, eating and enjoying national cultural performances.
I hope people will be very happy during the new year so that we can make money, said Gaming booth vendor Li Jibe.
This is our primary purpose to be here but of course we are happy to make people feel entertained, he added.
In Taipei, one shop owner described her hopes for the coming year.
The Year of Snake will be a prosperous year, we call it a little dragon year. So I wish Taiwan's economy can be a little bit better, Liu Wen-jiu said.
But in Chinese mythology the snake also has a destructive power.
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Chinese new year 2012 - Ditan Park
2020年中国传统的鼠年新春佳节临近，提前出行参观北京龙潭庙会，故地重游，你还记得龙潭湖是什么样子吗？我们去再看看吧，第一集
2020年中国传统的鼠年新春佳节临近，提前出行参观北京龙潭庙会，故地重游，你还记得龙潭湖是什么样子吗？我们去再看看吧。
In 2020, the Chinese New Year of the Rat is approaching, and you travel early to visit the Beijing Longtan Temple Fair, so you can revisit the place. Do you remember what Longtan Lake looks like? Let's go and see。
重游故地北京崇文区龙潭湖公园，感慨良多，时间转眼数十年，小伙伴们是否对庙会熟悉和眷恋呢，我们一起去看看曾经的快乐圣地。
Revisiting the hometown of Longtan Lake, Chongwen District, Beijing, with a lot of emotions. Time has passed for decades. Are the friends familiar and nostalgic about the temple fair, let's go and see the once happy shrine.
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