Time and place of Chifeng temple fair

Shanghai Longhua Temple Fair has a long history in Shanghai. There are shadow play, peep show, sugar blower and sugar dish at the temple fair. There are also Mr. Xin who "grabs the knife" for others and street children who shine shoes in the street. The reappearance of these "360 lines of old Shanghai" naturally reminds people of the past years.

◆ Temple fairs and outings

In religious festivals, it is called "becoming a monk" to carry Shinto gods out of the temple gate and parade in the streets. Tianhou is also called Tian Fei, and Fujian and Taiwan Province provinces are called Mazu. It is said that she is a native of Putian, Fujian, and became a goddess of navigation after studying Taoism. Most coastal port cities in China have Tianhou Palace. Tianhou's birthday is on March 23rd of the lunar calendar, which has also become a grand festival in Shanghai.

◆ Chenghuang Temple

The Town God Temple in China is the highest land temple in the area. Every year, during the Qingming Festival, the Central Plains (July 15th) and October (the first day), the city god will go to the Ritan to appease the spectre, which is called the "Three Tours". At that time, people will carry the city god out of the temple, with Gaochang, Changren, Xinjiang and Chua's in front.

◆ Longhua Temple Fair

Longhua Town is located in the southwest of Shanghai, bordering the Huangpu River in the east. There were many roads leading to Longhua in Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty, which played a great role in the prosperity of Longhua Temple Fair. Longhua is close to caohejing, and now it is an economic development zone. Caohejing used to be a river name, but later it became a town. The water temple in caohejing is called "Caohe Temple". Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day and on the first day of October, local people hold a grand Caohe God Fair. The meeting was jointly organized by the local government and the temple. People gathered in Caohe Temple, and the procession walked along the street and held "road sacrifices" at several designated points. This custom means to drive away ghosts and pray for good luck. The parade ended in Longhua and then returned to Caohe Temple.

[Edit this paragraph] Nanjing Temple Fair

Nanjing Qinhuai Lantern Festival ◆ Jiangwangmiao Temple Fair

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the county magistrate Jiang of Moling (now Nanjing) was enshrined in Jiangwang Temple. Jiang, a native of Guangling (now Yangzhou) in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was the county magistrate of Moling (now Nanjing) in the late Han Dynasty. He chased the thief and died at the foot of Zhongshan. After Wu Dong Sun Quan made Moling his capital, he named it the God of Zhongshan, changed Zhongshan to Shan Jiang, and built the Wang Jiang Temple, which has been sacrificed for generations.

"Jiangwangmiao Temple Fair" is a kind of folk temple fair derived from the activity of offering sacrifices to Jiang. It is a folk cultural activity in the form of songs and dances, sacrifices and commodity exchange activities formed by local people in their long-term life, which contains many cultural contents such as history, religion, folk customs and commerce.

◆ Xuecheng Huatai Hui

Xuecheng Flower Terrace in Gaochun County, the first in the south of the Yangtze River, is13m wide and16m deep. The four columns erected in Taichung are wrapped with embossed golden dragons. On the top of the platform are rows of colorful paintings hanging; Around the stage, paper is tied with hollowed-out color screens, which are called "Five Phoenix Pagoda".

Xuecheng attended the flower show on March 18, and posted a list in the field on the second day of February, which had a far-reaching impact. During the conference, audiences from far and near gathered like a flood, and even visitors from Wuhu and Shanghai came in an endless stream. The two-square-kilometer field was crowded with people. Gaochun County is only 5 miles away from the garage, even if it is only 5 miles away from Huatai Conference Hall 10. There is a sea of people near the flower stand. There are more than 3,000 residents around, and every household receives relatives and friends and welcomes new guests, which is more lively than festivals. Xuecheng people appreciate the play. If you sing well, you will be rewarded. If something goes wrong, the nine-link light in front of the stage will not rise, and the scene will have to be sung again. There are six performances in three days, and the repertoire is selected by the main family. It is not allowed to "pour grass" (repeat).

◆ Taishan Temple Fair

Taishan Temple Fair is a comprehensive activity integrating religious culture and business trade in Pukou District, Nanjing. It originated in the Tang Dynasty, customized in the Song Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, once declined in the Republic of China, and gradually flourished after the reform and opening up. According to folklore, March 28th and April18th of the lunar calendar are the birthdays of Emperor Dongyue and Bi Xia Yuan Jun respectively, so most people hold temple fairs in March and April to make a pilgrimage to the mountains to celebrate the birthdays of mountain gods and Yuan Jun. Therefore, in the beginning, the content of Taishan Temple Fair was mainly religious activities, and pilgrims had to eat, live and have fun, followed by commercial services and cultural and recreational activities. Nowadays, there are many cultural and recreational activities in temple fairs, but economy and trade have become its main purpose.

◆ Qinhuai Lantern Festival

Qinhuai Lantern Festival, also known as "Jinling Lantern Festival", is a characteristic folk cultural activity spread in Nanjing (formerly known as "Jinling"), which is mainly held during the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival every year. Qinhuai Lantern Festival has a long history and enjoys the reputation of "Qinhuai Lantern Festival is the best in the world". The famous Qinhuai River "Lantern Boat" is also famous in the world. During the Lantern Festival, tourists are like the sea, with bright lights and a lively scene.

The history of Qinhuai Lantern Festival can be traced back to Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The Tang Dynasty developed rapidly and reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty.

During the Lunar New Year, around the Lantern Festival, the Qinhuai River was decorated with lanterns, singing and dancing, and a happy, peaceful, prosperous and lively festival scene made the reputation of "Qinhuai Lantern Festival is the best in the world" famous all over the world.

On May 20th, 2006, this folk custom was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

[Edit this paragraph] Other temple fairs

◆ Shandong Taishan Dongyue Temple Association

Shandong Taishan Dongyue Temple Association China Taishan Dongyue Temple Association is an important part of Taishan culture. Every year on the third day of the third lunar month, colorful and unique folk customs, food, martial arts, culture, costumes and commodities exchange activities will be held. Taking the Dongyue Temple Fair in 2006 as an example, seven activities were held, including Wang Mu Pond Flat Peach Festival, Taishan Traditional Style Stand, Tai 'an Tourism and Shopping Culture Week, Bi Xia Temple Fair for Good Luck, Dongyue Temple in Taiwan Province Province, Taishan Flower Bonsai Root Carving and Strange Stone Art Exhibition, etc.

Taishan Dongyue Temple Fair has a long history. It began in the late Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. After more than 2,000 years of development, Taishan Dongyue Temple Fair has developed into one of the sources of temple fair culture in China, showing the stage of China folk culture and the typical temple fair culture in the world. Nowadays, the ancient Dongyue Temple Fair has been endowed with new contents, showing a more charming style and becoming a new highlight of Taishan tourism.

◆ Tianjin Huang Hui

Tenshindon Society, formerly known as "Niangniang Society" or "Tianhou Sheng Hui", originated in Yuan and Ming Dynasties. The recorded history began in the fourth year of Qing Emperor Kangxi (1665), and was later renamed "Yushe". Tianjin Imperial Society was an extremely grand folk activity in Tianjin in the old days. It was originally a celebration ceremony held on the auspicious day of birth (the 23rd day of the third lunar month), and it was only used to worship the goddess of the sea, Tianhou.

With the development of Tianjin's social economy and culture, it has gradually evolved into a unique temple fair integrating worship of gods, religious belief, seeking medical advice, praying for children, performing games, exchanging visits between men and women, visiting relatives and friends, social communication and commodity exchange between urban and rural areas.

In 2008, Tianjin Huang Hui was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

◆ Fujian Putian Mazu Tempel Association

Putian is a place with many gods. It is said that there are as many gods as 1000. Where there are villages, there are temples, there are gods to worship, there are devout believers, and there are endless incense. Among these many beliefs, there are not only the original color of the residence of the Yue people in ancient Fujian, but also the traditional religious beliefs in the Central Plains. They can not only accept foreign religions, but also have local Mazu belief and "Trinity Religion" founded by Lin Longjiang, forming the belief characteristics of believing in all gods. Only on the day of the temple fair can the gods accept people's offerings, have fun with people and carry out colorful temple fair activities. This kind of folk activity of entertaining gods and people has become a unique traditional symbol in Putian. Mazu Tempel, Putian, Fujian will have folk activities such as Caotai Opera and outing.

◆ Zhongyue Temple Fair

Zhongyue Temple is located 4 kilometers east of Dengfeng County, Henan Province, at the foot of Huanggaifeng at the southern foot of Taishi Mountain. Every year on March 10 and 10/0, the traditional Zhongyue temple fair will be held here. Zhongyue Temple Fair originated from the sacrifices made by ancient rulers to mountains. In the Song Dynasty, the combination of politics and religion led to the peak of Zhongyue Temple Fair, which gradually developed into an important commodity trading place.

Zhongyue Temple Fair lasts 10 days, with a maximum of 200,000 people per day. Temple fairs still retain many ancient customs, such as "tying dolls", worshipping michel platini and touching iron men. There are also folk arts and dance performances such as lion dance, dry boat dance, stilts dance and dragon dance at the temple fair, and you can also see various souvenirs "mascots" with strong religious colors, such as various longevity locks, jade ruyi, treasure gourd, sachet, sword to ward off evil spirits, zodiac stone and so on.

◆ Kuibatai Temple Fair in Shangqiu

"Zuo Zhuan Xiang Gong Jiu Nian" contains: "Fire Tao Tang lives in Shangqiu". During the reign of Emperor Yao, his son, Kui Bo, served as the "Huozheng" official in Shangqiu, guarding Mars and serving agriculture with a fixed calendar. When Quiber went to Shangqiu, he chose a high hill to see the stars. This mountain is Quetta Bo that has been handed down to this day.

Legend has it that the seventh day of the first lunar month is the birthday of Queber, the god of fire. Therefore, since ancient times, people in Shangqiu, which borders Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, especially the descendants of Shang Tang's Song, Kong, Niu, Yin, Tang, Hua, Xiao, Lin, Deng, Wu and Huangfu, have deep feelings for the ancestors around this day. This kind of temple fair usually starts from the first day of the first lunar month and ends on the second day of February, and lasts for nearly one month. On June 23rd, it was the legendary Vulcan Festival, and people from four neighboring provinces were still in an endless stream, making pilgrimage to Taiwan Province. Temple fairs generally last 10 days.

◆ Huaiyang Taihao Fuxi Temple Fair

The Fuxi family of Taihao is the ancestor of human beings in China myths and legends. Its tomb is located at the north 1.5km of Huaixian County. According to textual research, Fuxi Mausoleum of Taihao was built in the Spring and Autumn Period, and there was a shrine in front of the mausoleum of Han Dynasty.

During the temple fair, various folk entertainment activities are even more fascinating. Compared with other temple fairs, the custom of Taihaoling Temple Fair has a very unique place: this is "lifting scriptures", also called "lifting flower baskets". This is a relatively primitive dance form that sacrifices ancestors and entertains gods. During the temple fair, these "selected teams" sang and danced in front of Taihao Mausoleum, which often attracted many good men and women who came to make pilgrimages to stop and watch. When the dance reached its climax, the dancers walked back to back in the middle with their tails touching, symbolizing the intersection of Fuxi and Nu Wa. His lyrics are also related to Fuxi Nuwa. Some movements of this dance are basically consistent with the images of Fuxi, dragon's head rising and Nu Wa's lower body mating in Han Dynasty stone reliefs, which is a primitive custom of worshipping reproductive function.

There are many primitive cultural colors in the cultural phenomenon of Taihaoling temple fair, and there are many things worth studying and mysteries to be solved.

◆ Tongbai Pangushan Temple Fair

Pangu Mountain is located in Chen Zhuang Township, Biyang County, at the junction of Tongbai and Biyang counties in southern Henan Province. It is said that this mountain is the place where Pangu, the great god of creation, created the world, gave birth to mankind and created everything. Now it has become a resort for ancestor worship. On March 3 every year, people from southern Henan and surrounding provinces and cities flock to burn incense to worship their ancestors and make peace with the seven sons. Temple fairs usually last five to seven days, and the third day of the third lunar month is the first meeting. During the period, people flowed like ants, colorful flags fluttered, gongs and drums roared, cigarettes filled the air, and all kinds of vehicles flowed in an endless stream, like a long queue of more than ten kilometers. During the temple fair, there are no fewer than 100 thousand people going to the market every day, especially on March 3, when hundreds of thousands of people come in spring, and there are devout people everywhere. There are also good men and women from afar who worship in advance the next day and have to travel long distances to sleep in Pangu Temple the night before. This is a sincere lesson.

After the temple fair, there will always be a light rain around Pangu Mountain, which is called "pure Shan Yu". The simple and primitive concept supports the people here to live and work in peace and contentment, so there is a saying that "moving things in the north is not as good as moving Pangu Mountain in the south".

The Pangu Temple Fair in Tongbai County, Henan Province, is shrouded in a thick layer of myth from beginning to end. Every kind of sacrificial activity at the temple fair has related myths and legends circulating in the local area.

The customs of Han festivals in Zitong Temple Fair. Also known as Zitong Temple Fair. Popular in Zitong County. It is held twice a year, from the first day of February to the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar and the second day of August. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, temple fairs were once banned. Since the 1980s, this custom has resurfaced. On the basis of inheriting the tradition, the activities mainly focus on watching and participating in recreational activities and sightseeing that are beneficial to physical and mental health.

The festival customs of Han nationality in Chengdu Flower Festival. Popular in Chengdu. It is held every spring. It evolved from Chengdu Flower Market. Chengdu Flower Market is very prosperous in Downing, and it is held on February 15th of the lunar calendar. People think that this day is the birthday of Baihua, and Baihua is in full bloom, which is the most worth watching. At that time, flower farmers from all directions will transport their carefully cultivated famous flowers and grasses to Chengdu for centralized exhibition. During the flower show, famous snacks from Chengdu and nearby counties set up stalls in the garden for tourists to taste.