When do temple fairs usually start

The temple fair is usually after the Spring Festival to the fifteenth. For example: the first day of the first month of Tianjin Tianhougong Ancient Temple Fair, a period of seven days; the first eight days of the first month of Xuzhou Pizhou City, Tanshang Town Ancient Fair, a period of three days; the first fifteen days of the first month of Jiangsu Tongshan County, after the eight paragraphs of the temple fair, a period of three days. There are other months, such as: February 11, Anhui Province, Eddy County, Laozi Temple Fair, a period of five days; February 19, Xinxiang City, Henan Province, a period of ten days. According to local customs and habits have long and short.

Expanded information:

The temple fair, also known as the "festival field" or "temple fair", also known as "festival field" or "temple market". It is a Chinese folk religion and custom of the year, usually held in the Lunar New Year, Lantern Festival, February 2nd Dragon Heads Up Festival. It is one of the forms of ancient Chinese bazaar trade, the formation and development of which is related to the celebration of the harvest and religious activities of the earth temple, and is held on the festivals or specified dates of the temples, mostly located in and around the temples, for activities such as worshiping the gods, entertaining and shopping. Temple fairs are popular in a wide area of the country.

The temple fair is an ancient traditional folk cultural activity. The Spring Festival is commonly known as the New Year. In addition to the general New Year's Eve, temple fairs were the main custom of New Year's Eve in Beijing in the old days. With the development of the times, every Spring Festival around the country will have a series of temple activities, in addition to people are familiar with the "factory Dian" in addition to the "Banzai Mountain Spring Festival Temple Fair" (the first day of the Lunar New Year to sixteen) "Wuxian God of Wealth Temple The "Wuxian Temple of God of Wealth" (the second to the sixteenth day of the Lunar New Year), "Dongyue Temple" (the first to the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year), and "Baiyunguan Temple" (the first to the nineteenth day of the Lunar New Year) are all famous temple fairs in China, which are most rich in Chinese New Year's characteristics.

June 7, 2008, Beijing Chaoyang District, Mentougou District, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, Jinyuan District, Shanghai Xuhui District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province, Zhejiang Province, Pan'an County, Tai'an City, Shandong Province, Shiyan City, Hubei Province, Hunan Province, Changsha, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, declared that the temple fairs (Dongyue Temple Temple Fair, Miaofeng Mountain Temple Fair, Yawang Mountain Temple Fair, the Temple of the Jinzi, the Longhua Temple Fair, Shanghai, the rush to the tea market, Taishan) Dongyue Temple Fairs, Wudang Mountain Temple Fairs, Fire Palace Temple Fairs, Foshan Ancestral Temple Temple Fairs) were approved by the State Council for inclusion in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Temple Fairs