The origin of temple fair

Temple Fair originated from the ancestral temple sacrifice in ancient China, which is an important activity in the life of the bottom people in traditional society.

Temple fair, also known as "temple fair" or "festival field". It is a folk religion and an ancient custom in China. It is usually held during the Lunar New Year, Lantern Festival and when the dragon rises on February 2nd. It is also one of the forms of fair trade in China, and its formation is related to the development of local temples and religious activities. It is held on festivals or specific dates in temples, mostly in or near temples. Temple fairs are very popular in vast areas of this country.

Temple Fair is an ancient traditional folk cultural activity in China. In addition to the general annual customs, temple fairs are the main customs of New Year in old Beijing. With the development of the times, there will be a series of temple fairs in China during the Spring Festival every year. In addition to the well-known Changdian, Wuxian God of Wealth Temple (from the second day to the sixteenth day), Dongyue Temple (from the first day to the fifteenth day), Baiyun Temple (from the first day to the nineteenth day) and Long live the Spring Festival Temple Fair (from the first day to the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar), they are all famous temple fairs in China.

Temple Fair is also 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.

Core characteristics

Folk temple fairs have their own core characteristics, namely, department store transactions in economy and technology; As far as social organizations are concerned, it is "society" or "society"; In the formation of consciousness, it is ceremony and entertainment. This is the economic foundation and folk custom that China Temple Fair can inherit for a long time.

Temple fairs turn temple fairs into local festivals and religious festivals into secular festivals. Therefore, those local unique prayer activities, non-religious entertainment and rest activities, and market activities can all be naturally integrated into the temple fair.

Therefore, the temple fair is not so much a religious activity as a local festival, which can more accurately reflect the essential attributes of the temple fair. Therefore, accurately speaking, this multi-connotation temple fair can be called a festival temple fair.

Temple fair is also a comprehensive folk activity, involving religious beliefs, commercial folk customs, literature and entertainment and many other aspects. This is determined by historical and geographical material conditions, folk traditions and people's aesthetic standards.

Temple fairs in different places have their own characteristics and different emphases, forming different beauty of life, but they all show the best way of life under local conditions at that time.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Temple Fair