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What is the custom of visiting temple fairs?
Temple Fair is a traditional folk activity widely circulated in China. Folk custom is a life culture created, enjoyed and passed down by the broad masses of people in a country or a nation. Temple fair is an organic part of this life culture, and its emergence, existence and evolution are closely related to the lives of ordinary people.
On June 7, 2008, the temple fairs declared by Mentougou District and Chaoyang District in Beijing, Jinyuan District in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, Xuhui District in Shanghai, Pan 'an County in Zhejiang Province, Taian City in Shandong Province, Shiyan City in Hubei Province, Changsha City in Hunan Province, Foshan City in Guangdong Province, Tongchuan City in Shaanxi Province, Miaofengshan Temple Fair, Dongyue Temple Fair and Jinci Temple Fair were included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists with the approval of the State Council.
The form of traditional temple fair
Traditional temple fair is a form of assembly trade, but it is larger than the usual assembly trade, with more commodities, and it is mostly held in the slack season before the wheat harvest, which has distinct seasonal characteristics. The ancient fairs held in the first month and February mainly focus on burning incense and playing with lanterns; The ancient fairs held in March and April mainly sold wheat harvesting tools and exchanged agricultural and sideline products.
The duration of temple fairs ranges from 1 day to one week, and most of them last for 3 to 5 days. These temple fairs are a combination of sacrifice and commodity trading, which not only meet the spiritual demands of the public, but also meet people's material needs. It can be said that rural temple fairs originated from faith and flourished in assembly, while "meeting" originated from temple fairs, and temple fairs flourished through "meeting". The combination of the two attracted more people to ancient temple fairs and formed customs.
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