The reason is that it is located next to Huguo Temple.

Huguo Temple is one of the eight major temples in Beijing and was first built in the Yuan Dynasty.

It was originally the official residence of Tuoketuo, Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty, and was originally named Chongguo Temple (North Temple).

In the fourth year of Xuande's reign in the Ming Dynasty (1429), it was renamed Dalongshan Temple.

In the eighth year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty (1472), it was named Dalong Shanhuguo Temple.

In the 61st year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1722), the Mongolian prince Beile renovated the temple to celebrate the birthday of his saintly ancestor.

Huguo Temple is a famous temple in Beijing and was first built in the Yuan Dynasty.

Liu Tong and Yu Yizheng of the Ming Dynasty wrote "A Brief Introduction to the Scenery of the Imperial Capital" which states: "Dalong Shanhuguo Temple was praised by everyone as a temple to protect the country, so the temple was named after it. People in the capital said good things and slandered, so it was named after the temple. From the beginning of the temple to the Yuan Dynasty

, Huang Qing built it, Yanyou built it, and in the Yuan Dynasty, there were two Chongguo temples in the north and the south. I proclaimed the virtue of the temple and gave it the name of Longshan, and the name of the country was Zhengde Renshen.

The Dharma King Daqing of Xifan was ordered to occupy Pandan, Dharma King Dajue and others lived here, and the temple was built with three central halls, eight side halls, and two pagodas next to the hall, called the Buddha Relic Pagoda.

Five forwards and backwards.

There are many steles in the courtyard, among which the famous ones are "The Monument of Master Chongjiao's Public Enactment in the First Year of Huangqing" written by Zhao Mengfu and "The Monument of the Public Announcement of Long'an Selection in the 24th Year of Zhizheng" written by Wei Su.

In addition to enshrining Buddhist Buddhas, the temple also has statues of Prime Minister Tuotuo of the Yuan Dynasty and his wife, and the Yao Guangxiao Shadow Hall, which was built with great honors by assisting Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty.

There are also several acres of vineyards, which shows its large scale.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Tang Yan wrote "I heard from Heaven": "Longshan Huguo Temple, commonly known as Huguo Temple, is the Chongguo Temple in the Yuan Dynasty. The stele of Zhao Songxue's calligraphy and performance, and the stele of Wei Taipu's selected works and public biography are both on the east steps of the hall.

Next. There is a temple market on the seventh and eighth day of the month, which is close to Longfu Temple, but Hongchang is the same name. It is the West Temple of the so-called "Eastern and Western Temples".

"Kyoto Bamboo Branch Ci" says: "The east and west temples are so full of goods that they can spend millions of dollars a day. How many noble people have come here, and their clothes are still fragrant with the smoke of the royal furnace."

Huguo Temple Street is named after the temple. The full name of the temple is "Emperor-built Huguo Longshan Temple".

Old Beijingers used to call it Huguo Temple, but Longshan Temple no longer calls it.

There is a Longfu Temple Street in the east city. The name of its temple is "Longfu Temple, the Great Protector of the Country". The old Beijingers called Longfu Temple out and did not mention the word "Guo Guo".

The Temple of the Protector of the Nation had been destroyed long ago, but the scale and framework of the entire temple still existed, and it gradually turned into a market in the city - a temple fair.

Huguo Temple was originally open on the seventh and eighth days of the old calendar; from the eleventh year of the Republic of China (1922), it was changed to open on the seventh and eighth days of the solar calendar.

During each temple fair, "everything from pearls and jade, silk and silk, clothing, food and drink, antiques, calligraphy and painting, flowers and birds, fish and insects, as well as ordinary daily necessities, astral divination, acrobatics and so on" ("Yanjing Chronicles")

) Therefore, tourists from both urban and rural areas flocked here, and even the aristocratic women who lived in the palace of the Qing prince in the Dingfu Street area came here to patronize.

The Huguo Temple Society has a history of about three hundred years from its inception to the liberation.

Through the vicissitudes of life, the situation gradually changes and changes from time to time.

Now we only introduce a few fragments of the National Protectorate Temple Fair in the late Qing Dynasty.

In the pre-Qing Dynasty, the Maitreya Hall was equivalent to the Fire Temple of the Changdian Temple Fair.

There are three main items for sale: first, sporadic antiques, such as court beads, bracelets, small bronze Buddhas, bronze mirrors, snuff bottles, etc.; second, rosewood, rosewood, and Luodian hardwood furniture inlaid with marble hearts; third,

They are waist knives, swords, crossbows, copper blowpipes and other items used for martial arts training and hunting.

At that time, Lingzi Zhang's waist knife stall was quite eye-catching.

Before the Tianwang Hall collapsed, there were more than ten jade stalls and jewelry stalls (mostly ornaments on two heads) belonging to Xin Ji and others.

Noble women who "smell the fragrance of their clothes but still smell the smoke from the furnace" often come here to hunt for novelties.

"It's worth a thousand pieces of gold, no matter the price." The stalls outside the hall sold some antique antiques.

(Handcrafts) Burnt tobacco pots, pipe mouthpieces, hats, blue and white bowls imitating Xuande of the Ming Dynasty, etc., are all displayed everywhere, which is very beautiful.

In particular, Yunlinzhai's calligraphy and paintings look particularly elegant when paired with these cultural toys.

In addition, the Beijing-style silk fans from Defengzhai and Bingyuzhai are of fine workmanship and have always been favored by women.

At that time, the women of the Banner ethnic group walked on the street with their hair combed in big buns, holding this round silk fan in their hands to block the sun, showing a unique style.

Under the corridor of the hall, there are books, copybooks, and rubbings from ancient and modern times, Chinese and foreign, and sometimes "orphan copies" and "rare copies" that are not available in the market. You can sometimes come across them here, and the prices are not too high.

Therefore, it also attracted some literati.

The East and West stele pavilions have always been used as book pavilions and painting pavilions.

Not only do philanthropists give out folk remedies to treat illnesses; there are also believers who distribute good books such as "The Jade Calendar's Treasure Notes", "The Stove King Sutra", and "The Sun Sutra". During the Spring Festival, the place is filled with books such as "Wealth and Excessiveness",

New Year pictures of "A Mouse Makes a Family" are available for purchase.

In the Qing Dynasty, common children's toys at temple fairs were folk handicrafts, but they had a unique artistic style.

For example: rattle stick, salesman's drum, mother-in-law's cart, knocking wood, long worms turning into gossip, children drilling into jars, jigsaw puzzles, official pictures, kaleidoscope, blowgun arrows, clay dice, dominoes, small crossbows, treasure boxes,

Fly cage, pigeon nest, glass bubble, West Lake scene, earthen pot, fart curtain kite, big saddle cart, platoon cart, little sand swallow, cloth tiger, fat boy, clay figure, clay horse, mold, fake beard, grimace

, big-headed monk Du Liucui, wooden knife, wooden gun, etc.

In spring, there is a shop that specializes in selling dung beetle carts (paper cars) and dung shell beetles.

The Spring Festival is the peak season for the toy industry.

For example: a large candied haws of three to five feet is brushed with small sugar candies and small colorful flags are placed on top.