Jiyuan customs and festivals of the traditional temple fair

Old China, Jiyuan's larger villages and towns have temple fairs, all to worship God or visit the memorial for the cause, followed by the emergence of trade activities. The temple fair start date is not examined. After the founding of new China, the traditional temple fair is preserved, but more than no longer held to worship the gods, just through the form of the meeting, business and trade activities. Many temple fairs also have movies and plays to attract the public to participate.

Since the reform and opening up, with the development of the commodity economy, all the old temples around the restoration of all, and some of the original larger villages and towns do not have a temple fair is also a new assembly. The largest of which are Wushan (now Si Li) Qingming and Temple Street small full of will. Qingming will be wood, livestock transactions, but also some of the masses to burn incense and prayers in the ancient temple in Wan Yangshan; Temple Street, small full will be the main trading of agricultural tools in the summer, a lot of people to the Jidu Temple to pray for Jidu God of the water, touring the temple monuments. These two meetings will be 3-7 days, the participants have to the north, southeast Jin and other places merchants, up to tens of thousands of people. In addition to the national business organizations in addition to the source of goods, farmers and individual merchants of local specialties and trafficking in foreign goods are also listed in large quantities.

In recent years, the relevant departments of Jiyuan have organized many literary and artistic pens and calligraphy and painting exhibitions, the active cultural life of the masses have played a role in promoting.