Timetable of Temple Fair in Changzhi County

Time: March 1 (the 14th day of the first month), March 2nd (the 15th day of the first month) and March 3rd (the 16th day of the first month).

The temple fair on September 17th in liu lin cun, Changzhi County is an influential mule-horse meeting in Shangdang area. According to legend, the ancient temple fair in Liulin was originally named Xiaoxiang Club of Wulong Palace, which was named after a Wulong Palace built in the village.

During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a businessman named Chen in Zhangdian Village, Zhangzi County. Because he fell in love with a good play in a village at the junction of Hebei, Shandong and Henan, he didn't go home. In the evening, I dreamed that an old man gave him advice and said, "To see a good show, go to Liulin, Shanxi." When he woke up, he found a memorial tablet beside the bed, which read "Golden Dragon and Four Kings".

So he hurried back to Liulin, just as Liulin was singing, so he put the memorial tablet on the table on the table, and a small golden dragon more than a foot high suddenly appeared on the table. This incident alarmed the villagers and the magistrate of a county. People donated money in succession, built a king temple in the north of liu lin cun, and made a golden statue.

Since then, Liulin has changed from the initial small incense meeting in Wulong Palace to the big incense meeting in Dawang Temple. Legend belongs to legend. In fact, the Mule and Horse Club in Liulin flourished in the 20th year of the Republic of China (193 1).

At that time, liu lin cun was still a swamp wasteland, overgrown with weeds, and every family in the village kept livestock. In order to enliven the livestock trade, with the help of people who burn incense and make wishes, a mule and horse meeting was held, which became bigger and bigger.