Overview of Qingdao Haiyun 'an Sugar Ball Festival

Since the completion of Haiyun Temple, incense has been very popular, especially during the temple fair on the 16th day of the first month of each year, eight neighbors from four towns rushed to the temple to burn incense, which was very lively. At the temple fair, the villagers made the most kinds of sugar balls with hawthorn, red dates, yam and oranges, and gradually formed a traditional temple fair featuring sugar balls, called the "Sugar Ball Club". Haiyun 'an Sugar Ball Festival has a history of more than 500 years and is the largest folk temple fair in Qingdao. Qingdao Haiyun 'an Sugar Ball Club was officially awarded the title of "Top Ten Folk Festivals in China" by China Local Art Association affiliated to the Ministry of Culture, which indicates that Qingdao Haiyun 'an Sugar Ball Club has become a well-known folk culture brand in China.

It used to be an informal folk gathering. /kloc-held the first sugar ball club and sugar ball art competition in 0/990, and held the sugar ball club every year thereafter. More than 600,000 people attend the conference every year, and more than 3,300 booths are set up, including more than 2,200 sugar ball booths, with a total transaction volume of more than 700,000 yuan. In the sugar ball modeling contest, dragons, phoenixes, flowers, super-long strings, etc. , full of tricks, deeply loved by Chinese and foreign tourists.