What is the temple fair? Temple fairs are large and small in scale. Generally speaking, if the temple fair has a spacious courtyard, spacious outside the temple and is located in a densely populated place extending in all directions, the temple fair will have a wide radiation area and a large scale. There are three main activities in the temple fair: first, monks and Taoist priests in the temple do "rituals" and "Dojo", that is, they hold ceremonies to worship the gods and buddhas, and in some places, life-size statues are tied to hold parades; Second, good men believe in women and worship, wishing happiness; The third is the literary, artistic and commercial activities carried out by this opportunity. Believers coming from all directions, together with people visiting the temple fair, constitute a lively scene of the temple fair. There are generally tens of thousands of people, and they are famous in Fiona Fang for hundreds of miles.
Most of the people who rushed to the temple fair were relatives, friends and neighbors who went in groups of three or five. Most farmers in the countryside also put down their farm work to catch the temple fair. People gathered in four townships and eight towns want to eat, live, buy things and watch the fun, which provides broad business opportunities for temple fairs. Every large-scale temple fair, all kinds of businessmen, craftsmen and Jianghu people come from all directions, such as selling snacks, shoes, hats, cloth, lottery tickets, pills, powder pills, juggling, groceries and folk handicrafts, making the temple fair a big stage for Han folk economic and cultural activities.
Temple Fair Customs in Different Regions Shanghai Temple Fair
Shanghai Longhua Temple Fair has a long history in Shanghai. There are shadow play, peep show, sugar blower and sugar dish at the temple fair. There are also Mr. Xin who "grabs the knife" for others and street children who shine shoes in the street. The reappearance of these "360 lines of old Shanghai" naturally reminds people of the past years.
Taishan temple fair
Taishan Temple Fair is an ancient traditional folk custom and folk religious cultural activity. It originated from the worship of Mount Tai and the prosperity of Mount Tai Taoism. Mount Tai is the first mountain in eastern China, spanning Tai 'an, Changqing and Licheng, and is known as "a pillar of the East". As early as five or six thousand years ago, during the Dawenkou culture period, "Dawenkou people" worshiped Mount Tai very much, and used the height of Mount Tai as a sacrifice to heaven, which became the origin of later activities to worship Mount Tai.
Qinhuai Lantern Festival-Jinling Lantern Festival
Qinhuai Lantern Festival has a long history and enjoys the reputation of "Qinhuai Lantern Festival is the best in the world". The famous Qinhuai River "Lantern Boat" is also famous in the world. During the Lantern Festival, tourists are like the sea, with bright lights and a lively scene.
The history of Qinhuai Lantern Festival can be traced back to Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The Tang Dynasty developed rapidly and reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty.
During the Lunar New Year, around the Lantern Festival, the Qinhuai River was decorated with lanterns, singing and dancing, and a happy, peaceful, prosperous and lively festival scene made the reputation of "Qinhuai Lantern Festival is the best in the world" famous all over the world.
On May 20th, 2006, this folk custom was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
He' nan xunxian temple fair
Xunxian Temple Fair has been listed as a national intangible cultural heritage. People integrate the characters, music and dance into the social fire performance, and gradually become a folk cultural activity for local people to entertain themselves. Lion dance, stilts, yangko, dry boat, bamboo horse, dragon lantern, Taige, Beige, Laosi, dome lantern, big head dance, river lantern, etc. Lion dance is one of the traditional events. The difference between Xunxian lion dance and other places is that the lion is in front and the martial arts team is behind. Wushu team, commonly known as "the handle of a sword and a gun", is a real sword and a real gun, playing boy's kung fu, showing the martial arts heroic spirit brought out by the Wagang army in Xun County when it was stationed in the mountains. Stilts performers (20 ~ 30 people) dance while walking, and the characters they play are mostly taken from folk stories or dramas.
Beijing temple fair
Eight classic snacks of Beijing Temple Fair
Bean juice, red sesame seed cake, enema, tea soup, camellia oleifera, Aiwowo, old tofu, pea yellow.
◆ Temple Fair Performance
Temple fair is a festival activity related to culture and entertainment, and various folk artists make a living by performing.
Among them, there are mainly: Shaanxi opera, shoulder pole play (puppet show), cross talk, double reed, magic (called "magic" in ancient China, commonly known as "magic"), counting treasures, playing banners, yangko, stilts and so on.