Fangyan Temple Fair in Fangyan

Fangyan Temple Fair, commonly known as "An Ying", originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to Gong Hu. Apart from the sacrificial ceremony of Gong Hu Shrine and his halogen book, the wedding procession is mainly composed of Lohan's class of "attacking and uncovering flags" and the entertainment team of "dressing and singing".

Lohan class is the protagonist of the temple fair, so Fangyan Temple Fair is also called "meeting Lohan" and "beating Lohan". An arhat class ranges from 40 to 50 to more than 100 people. The first content of his performance is "participating in the array", which changes the formation by crossing, breaking through the dragon gate and jumping outside the circle to form a circular array, a square array, a dragon gate array, a bagua array, etc. One is to perform martial arts, such as boxing, dancing sticks, sword dancing, broadsword, boxing, clubbing, sparring and building memorial archways.

The Entertaining God Team is a touring organization of folk art, named Entertaining God, which is really enjoyed by the public, and its content and form are constantly changing. Among them, the more popular Taoism includes eighteen butterflies, eighteen foxes, nine pearls, cross lotus, begging lotus, thirty-six lines, dumb mouth, crazy back and so on.

Although the name of Fangyan Temple Fair is to worship ancestors and pray for God, it is actually a mass activity to keep fit and entertain oneself. 199 1 Around the Double Ninth Festival, Yongkang County People's Government held the first Fangyan Temple Fair and Commodity Fair, which was excavated and sorted out, and the fine tradition of temple fair culture was carried forward, which was warmly welcomed by leaders at all levels and the people. Eighteen butterflies and nine lions also represented Zhejiang Province in performing and cultural exchanges in Paris, France.