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What customs have traditional temple fairs maintained?

When it comes to temple fairs, there must be "temples", which are Taoist temples. As the name implies, a temple fair is a gathering held near a temple for offering sacrifices to gods, entertainment and shopping activities. When I was young, except for the four elders, I lifted feudal superstitious activities and all the temples were demolished. The temple fair disappeared for a long time. Later, for some reason, no one took care of it, and everyone began to build temples, step by step from small to large. Now our brigade has a temple, a yard and several houses, all of which are Guanyin Bodhisattva and Tathagata for everyone to burn incense and worship Buddha.

Every year, there is another day to hold a temple fair, collect money from rich families, invite singers to sing for seven days, and there are storytellers and acrobatic troupes. There are programs all day long, and people from far and near villages come to watch the fun. There are many cars and tricycles parked next to the dilapidated temple. Many vendors also came, selling cold noodles, incense, drinks, toys, eating, drinking and having fun, and the business was good. It seems that each booth has to pay a certain fee, so that more performance teams can be invited.

Local flavor, we get together, have fun, chat, communicate, parents are short, inside and outside the village, far and near can speak freely. Watch more news, or talk about international current affairs, care about family affairs, state affairs and the world. We chatted casually. We don't know each other anyway. Let's just relax and get to know each other better. Comparable to a boastful party, the East often lacks the West, allowing people to talk nonsense. Both the able and the poor are gasping for air.

During the temple fair, there was a big incense burner in the middle of the temple. People buy less fragrant watches, and rich people pile them up less. The poor people thought about it, mainly watching singers and listening to books. It was said a long time ago that there were many booksellers. Later, it disappeared for a long time, but now it has risen to protect historical and cultural heritage, and many storytellers have come back to life. Talking about history, chatting now is very tasty, and that joke is also one after another, which makes people admire or laugh. I may not adapt, but I can only listen stupidly, and I can't feel other profound scientific and cultural atmosphere except the excitement. The temple fair is coming, and all kinds of customs are coming, such as dancing, dancing, beating drums and gongs. It's really useful to learn some of them.

The early temple fair was just a grand ritual activity. With the development of economy, the need of people's communication and the change of ideology, temple fairs are gradually integrated into market trading activities while maintaining sacrificial activities. At this time, the temple fair, also called "temple fair", became an important form of China market. With the progress of society and people's needs, temple fairs have increased entertainment activities. Traditional temple fairs mainly burn incense, worship Buddha and pray for blessings, which is also a traditional festival form, reflecting people's psychology, habits and customs. Its origin can be traced back to ancient social sacrifices.

The custom of the temple fair, the ritual of offering sacrifices to the gods, kowtowing and bowing as instruments, seeking the protection of gods from all walks of life, and making people and money prosperous. Pray for children, too. May children and children be blessed. Temple fair snacks, local delicious and fun snacks are sold, but also lively, eating, drinking and having fun through-train service. Snacks include milk tea, bean curd, bean jelly, honeydew melon, sugar cake, sesame seed cake, pea cake, pancake, baked sweet potato, bowl dumplings, pulp, cold rice noodles and so on. These common street food stalls are sold during the temple fair.

Temple fair performance, temple fair is a festival activity related to culture and entertainment, and various folk artists make a living by performing. Among them, there are mainly: Shaanxi opera and pole play (that is, puppet show) are everywhere in the northwest temple fair, and shadow play, storytelling, juggling, magic, yangko and stilts are mixed in at night.

The toy market is the most fancy at large temple fairs. In the folk children's toy stalls, there are masks, puppet shows, cars, knives and guns, bamboo dragons and so on. There are many kinds of folk toys at the temple fair, which are beautifully made and can be called handicrafts. Mainly include: diabolo, flapping lantern, lantern, full, sugar blower, sugar painter, sugar sculptor, noodle sculptor, nine rings, rattle. Small traders seize the only business opportunities, and all the immortals show their magical powers.

It used to be superstition to pray to God and worship Buddha. Without superstition, there would be no temples and temple fairs. Now it has risen again, and it can't be said that there is any history and culture, and three obedience and four virtues. Existence is reasonable. Atheism and materialism are unclear. Now Scientific Outlook on Development mentioned it, but many phenomena and problems can't be solved. Everyone began to build temples and burn incense in a daze, hoping that with the help of God, they would be prosperous, healthy and safe.

I'm not superstitious, but I still like singing opera, storytelling, all kinds of snacks at the temple fair and the lively atmosphere of the villagers in that village. I think these things can't be lost, they should exist forever. Temple fair is a support, which makes customs and rural customs shine temporarily.