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Which city in China has a strong annual flavor?

China has a strong flavor of the year.

As the capital of the motherland, Beijing is naturally full of "flavor of the year". In addition to paying attention to the general annual customs, the temple fair in old Beijing is an indispensable custom every year, and it is also the most distinctive custom in Beijing. Temple fairs are also called "temple fairs" or "festivals". Under normal circumstances, the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month are held in many places in Beijing at the same time. The most famous temple fairs are Dongyue Temple, Baiyun Temple, Ditan, Changdian and Yonghe Palace.

Temple fairs in old Beijing have been handed down because they have adapted to the needs of today's society. The original temple fair was related to the religious activities of temples. At that time, the temple fair was held on a specific date and there were some commercial activities. Over time, the temple fair has become a shopping market for ordinary people, meeting their daily needs, and religious activities have become secondary.

Now there are almost everything in temple fairs in Beijing, such as Beijing snacks, burning incense, watching acrobatics, buying small things and so on. Take the temple fair in Changdian as an example. Every year from the first day to the fifteenth day of the first month, large-scale temple fairs will be held around Liulichang and Wanghaicun Park. During the temple fair, vendors near Liulichang East-West Street, North-South Xinhua Street, large and small sand gardens and Lvzu Temple, from beaded mountain red to five-foot-high sugar-coated haws, were all connected; From the love nest with red dots to the crispy fire; Even rice cakes, Yuanxiao, fried cakes, bean juice, fried enema, noodles tea, bee cakes, fried spring rolls, fried loose meat, mutton skewers and so on.