Kenli Big Fair

Last Saturday, the day of the Double Eleven, I took my mom and Qiu Bao to Dongying to pass through Kenli, and happened to stumble upon a big fair. Qiu Bao was very excited, she hadn't been in the countryside since she was a kid, so she didn't know what a big fair was all about. So we decided to stop the car and take her to enjoy the special features and fun of catching a big fair in the countryside.

We drove the car back and forth on the side of the road for three or four laps and did not find a parking space, and finally not far from the bazaar in a vacant lot to see a folding chair inserted a piece of cardboard, which has a quill pen written in four big black letters: paid parking! Next to the chair there was a long piece of thick twine connecting the only three cars lined up here from underneath the car, and we parked under the direction of the person watching the parking space. It wasn't expensive, $5 to park for the day. Our car was the fourth on this string of automotive candy canes.

The set is huge, laid out in a zigzag pattern in a large open space, with many gaps that can be used as entrances, meaning that you can enter through any of the entrances to walk to the center of the fairgrounds. We chose one of the closer entrances, and Qiu Bao saw a big bunch of hydrogen balloons tied to a grandpa's bicycle, which was layered like the balloons in "Flying House", and felt like it would soon fly up into the sky with the old worn-out bicycle. There was a new style of balloon that Qiu Bao had never seen before, the outer balloon was like a transparent bubble wrapped around a small balloon inside. Qiu Bao excitedly picked left and right for a long time before picking a small monkey balloon.

As we continue to walk in, the crowd is getting denser and denser, so we can only move forward slowly. In addition to the need to guard against children being squeezed and stepped on by adults, there are also grease stains dripping down from the grilled squid being chewed by passers-by. The bazaar sells everything from furniture to a button, from food to games. In addition to the necessities of life, there were also green plants and ornamental goldfish. In the center of the market was a simple round tent built on a shed, from which came music and the sound of people shouting, it turned out to be a folk circus in the performance. There are also some children's rides around, and adults can play balloons and lasso games, very colorful.

Mom asked a woman selling sugar gourds: What day is it today, why is there such a large set? The woman was busy stringing hawthorn while explaining to us enthusiastically: I Kenli this side of every three, five, eight, ten (lunar calendar) there will be a set, catching up with the three or the weekend will be a big set. This rally has been until 7.8 pm to disperse, see the situation of the guests at the time set.

I see, I hurried to Qiu Bao popularization: catching the market is a folk custom, we are unified to discuss a few days together to take things to a fixed location to trade and buy and sell.

I went home and checked Baidu and learned that:

Now many places are still continuing some of the old traditions, but the continuation of the same time, but also added the new things of the current era, that is, to attract the attention of the elderly, but also to make the young people and children will be interested in participating.

Today, Qiu Bao had a lot of things to do, including traditional cotton candy, face painting, sugar painting, balloons, and binoculars. But the real takeaway from her day I think was this valuable experience.

Day 16 of the No Quit 365 Extreme Challenge Day Shift Camp