(New Year News) Reading "Taste of Beijing" at the Spring Festival Temple Fair

　　China News Service, Beijing, February 10th: Reading "Taste of Beijing" at the Spring Festival Temple Fair

　　China News Service reporter Xu Jing

　　"The bean juice and fried belly are out of stock." On the afternoon of the 10th, at a stall at the Beijing Longtan Spring Festival Cultural Temple Fair (referred to as the "Longtan Temple Fair"), the staff of Yin Sandou Juice and customers were eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the next batch of ingredients. .

　　During the Spring Festival this year, Beijing launched thousands of temple fairs, garden tours and other annual activities, and traditional temple fairs were fully restored. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Longtan Temple Fair reopened in Beijing’s Longtan Park after four years of absence.

On February 10, the first day of the Lunar New Year, the 38th Longtan Spring Festival Cultural Temple Fair opened its doors in Longtan Park, Beijing. Photo by China News Service reporter Xu Jing

　　Bean juice and fried belly are both traditional snacks in Beijing. The staff member told reporters that although they were prepared to deal with the large flow of customers, the popularity on that day was still far beyond expectations. "About 1,000 bottles of bean juice and 1,000 portions of fried belly were prepared, and they were sold out at just 2 p.m."

　　A reporter from China News Service saw long queues in front of many time-honored stalls familiar to citizens at the Longtan Temple Fair. It is understood that as one of the famous temple fairs in Beijing, this Longtan Temple Fair creatively integrates cultural elements, highlights cultural heritage, strives to improve business quality, rationally optimizes layout, and provides tourists with a cultural feast during the Spring Festival.

　　Eating piglet candy paintings, playing with handmade windmills... Under the guidance of her parents, 4-year-old An An visited the temple fair for the first time. "I want to bring him to experience the excitement of the temple fair." In Mr. An'an's childhood memory, the most anticipated parts of the temple fair are dragon dance, lion dance and stilt walking. "I look forward to seeing more wonderful folk customs here." Performance".

　　The theme activities of this Longtan Temple Fair highlight the organic integration of Spring Festival folk traditional culture and trendy culture. It not only includes traditional flower festival performances, foreign movies and other "old crafts", but also adds new activities such as variety shows, sports arenas, and national style e-sports. , to enhance visitor engagement with an immersive and interactive experience.

On February 10, the first day of the Lunar New Year, the 38th Longtan Spring Festival Cultural Temple Fair opened its doors in Longtan Park, Beijing. The picture shows citizens and tourists watching old Beijing's unique "foreign movies" at a temple fair. Photo by China News Service reporter Jia Tianyong

　　"Diabolo playing is the most fun activity today, and I want to learn more tricks." In the exhibition and experience area of ​​the Longtan Temple Fair's intangible cultural heritage and folk customs, a sixth-grade primary school student learned successfully. Her mother, Ms. Han, told reporters that at this year’s temple fair, the intangible cultural elements were more prominent and suitable for children and teenagers to experience.

　　Diabolo playing is a national intangible cultural heritage and is particularly popular in Beijing. Chen Sihuai, director of the Diabolo Professional Committee of the Beijing Toy Association, said that diabolo is a project suitable for all ages. During this year’s temple fair, members of the association will display, teach and sell diabolo on site every day to spread diabolo knowledge and inherit intangible cultural heritage.

　　On the first day of the Lunar New Year, people can also find the fragrance of books at the temple fair in Beijing. "It's hard to find such good quality." On the 10th, at the Changdian Temple Fair in Beijing, which has a history of more than 400 years, 75-year-old Yang Zhihai purchased a set of "The Kingdoms of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty". In his other hand, he held the characters "dragon" and "福" that had just been rubbed and written.

　　"I have been to the Changdian Temple Fair when I was ten years old, and now the cultural atmosphere here is even stronger." As he said, this year, the Changdian Temple Fair, which highlights the characteristics of "Wenshi", does not have snack stalls and focuses on artistry and history. Sexual and intellectual cultural atmosphere, relying on the historical context of Liulichang, presents the fragrance of calligraphy and calligraphy.

On February 10, the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Changdian Temple Fair in Beijing opened its doors to welcome guests. The picture shows calligraphers writing blessings and sending blessings to citizens and tourists. Photo by China News Service reporter Xu Jing

　　The "Old Books, New Knowledge" book fair where Yang Zhihai purchased used books was part of the Changdian Temple Fair, and was re-opened at the China Bookstore Liulichang store from the first to the fifth day of the first lunar month. There are more than 10,000 kinds of old and old books on display at the book market, covering the history of Beijing, Chinese and foreign literature, historical materials and other topics, making the ancient book fragrance full of New Year flavor; the "Yayou·Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition" features the "Century Factory" historical and cultural exhibition , "Appreciating New Year Pictures and Celebrating the New Year" New Year Picture Exhibition allows the audience to savor the memories of the New Year in old Beijing while exploring the power and vitality of the Year of the Dragon.

　　On Liulichang West Street, the front door of She’s Rice Paper is booming. The person in charge, She Qiaoguo, told reporters that the store specializes in the Four Treasures of the Study, and Spring Festival-related products are the best-selling at this time of year. "This year, the Spring Festival scenery on the streets in Liulichang area is more and more beautiful, and it also brings more customers. We are fully prepared." New Year's goods' to meet the shopping needs of temple fair visitors." (End)