China News Service, Tianjin, January 21 (Wang Zaiyu) On the 20th, the Tianjin Children’s Activity Center (Tianjin Children’s Palace) was bustling with activity and became a paradise for children. “Children enjoy the same joy and celebrate the New Year together”— —The 15th Tianjin Doll Temple Fair has officially opened.

By visiting the Doll Temple Fair, children inherited and promoted the excellent traditional Chinese culture and felt the strong New Year festival atmosphere and the flavor of "New Year".

On January 20, children watched a Chinese intangible cultural heritage dragon dance performance.

On the same day, the 15th Tianjin Doll Temple Fair opened happily at the Tianjin Children’s Activity Center (Tianjin Children’s Palace).

"Doll Temple Fair" is a traditional activity of Tianjin Children's Activity Center.

Every year on the eve of the Spring Festival, the center will simulate the temple fair scene of the old Tianjin Wei and create an exclusive "Doll Temple Fair" for children.

Photo by China News Service reporter Tong Yu

  This year's Doll Temple Fair focuses on the theme of "Taste of Taste, Rhythm, Spirit of Spirit, Childlike Heart and Fun for Children" and adheres to the concept of "Doll Temple Fair, Dolls Make the Call".

The New Year Cultural Performance Team, composed of children, created a lively atmosphere with wonderful folk performances such as stilt walking and bamboo pole dancing.

At the street opening ceremony, the drums of "Dragon and Tiger Leaping" sounded, and accompanied by the joy of dragon and lion dances, children and guests opened the door of the temple fair together.

  On the carefully built "Time-honored Brand Street", children listened to the stories of old brands and explored the history and culture of Tianjin.

Explore Guifaxiang 18th Street and experience the art of "twisting" twists by hand; carefully make Yang Liuqing's "Fish Holding Doll" in the "New Year Painting Workshop"; exchange food stamps for food at the "Happy Food Store" and experience the preparation of New Year goods in the past The joy of it; print a postmark and send mail at the "Time and Space Post Office", write a letter to your future self, or send a miss to a friend far away.

On January 20, children watched the craftsmanship of Chinese intangible cultural heritage folk straw weaving.

On the same day, the 15th Tianjin Doll Temple Fair opened happily at the Tianjin Children’s Activity Center (Tianjin Children’s Palace).

"Doll Temple Fair" is a traditional activity of Tianjin Children's Activity Center.

Every year on the eve of the Spring Festival, the center will simulate the temple fair scene of the old Tianjin Wei and create an exclusive "Doll Temple Fair" for children.

Photo by China News Service reporter Tong Yu

  Experiencing traditional New Year customs and culture is an essential item of the Doll Temple Fair.

Sugar paintings, dough figures, ripe pear cakes, lantern riddles, woolly monkeys, dragon-mouthed copper pots... and then watching a shadow puppet show, the children explored the strong flavor of the New Year.

In addition, in the handicraft production exhibition hall, children designed and built workshops by themselves to display artistic creations such as Spring Festival couplets, paper-cutting, and national trend designs; on the New Year small stage, programs with different themes such as martial arts, cross talk, and Jingyun drums were staged in turn, wonderfully performing "other "Lelonglong" carnival.

  It is understood that the Tianjin Doll Temple Fair is based on the form of traditional temple fairs, fully embodying the main characteristics of children and adolescents. It enhances children's participation through different content and link settings, allowing children to experience up close people's beautiful vision and excellence in life from ancient times to the present. Wisdom, feel the strong Chinese flavor brought by traditional customs.

  This Doll Temple Fair will last for four days, making it the longest Doll Temple Fair in Tianjin so far. It will start a lively and meaningful New Year's journey for children and children.

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