Time of Spring Festival Temple Fair in Longevity Mountain, Kaifeng: from the first day of the New Year to the 16th day of the first month.
Venue: the middle section of Tokyo Avenue in Kaifeng
Kaifeng Wanshou Mountain Spring Festival Temple Fair takes "inheriting the classics and awakening the flavor of the year" as the starting point, integrates many popular elements on the basis of traditional folk temple fairs, and creates winter characteristic cultural activities different from traditional temple fairs around "strong flavor of the year, strong lineup and wide audience". After more than ten years of development, it has become the most influential temple fair in the Central Plains, and all previous temple fairs have attracted more than one million tourists. As the leading activity of Kaifeng tourism in the Spring Festival over the years, the grand occasion of the temple fair was reported by many central media, and was praised by the media as "the most valuable temple fair in the Central Plains and the most attractive temple fair in China". Kaifeng Wanshou Mountain Spring Festival Temple Fair fully integrates national excellent folk resources and vigorously promotes traditional folk culture. Thousands of domestic and foreign performing arts groups were invited to join us, including flying cars, lion dance, opera, song and dance, acrobatics and animal training. Nearly a hundred programs are overwhelming. With its characteristics of "strong lineup, high specifications, full flavor and wide audience", it has become an annual cultural activity loved by domestic and foreign tourists during the Spring Festival.
Zhengzhou Chenghuang Temple Meeting Time: from the first day of the New Year to the 16th day of the first month.
Address: the north side of the east section of Shangcheng Road, Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou City God Temple is located on the north side of the east section of Shangcheng Road in Zhengzhou City, formerly known as Lingyouhou Temple. When was this temple built? There is no exact record in the literature. Town God, also called the Lord of Town God in some places, is one of the important gods generally worshipped in ancient Chinese religious culture, and is mostly served by famous ministers and heroes who have contributed to the local people. They are the gods who protect the city in China folk and Taoism. After the development and excavation in recent years, the Chenghuang Temple Association was reported on the basis of the original culture. From the first day of the Lunar New Year to the first day of the first month 16, people beat gongs and drums to celebrate, such as boating, lion dancing, stilt dancing, face changing, acrobatics, magic shows and monkey performances. There are folk arts and crafts exhibitions and free learning activities in the backyard of Chenghuang Temple. Chenghuang Temple has long exhibited Henan Opera Art Exhibition, Chenghuang Culture, 60 Flower God series clay sculptures and Chenghuang murals.
In recent years, the Town God Temple, which embodies profound historical and cultural heritage, has gradually become an important area of folk culture in the old city of Zhengzhou. From the first day of the Lunar New Year to the sixteenth day of the first month, there will be celebrations such as beating gongs and drums, boating, lion dancing, walking on stilts, changing faces, acrobatics, magic and monkey play. In the backyard of the Chenghuang Temple, there will be a display of folk handicrafts and free learning activities. Chenghuang Temple has long exhibited Henan Opera Art Exhibition, Chenghuang Culture, 60 Flower God series clay sculptures and Chenghuang murals.
Zhoukou Taihaoling Temple Fair Time: February 2nd to March 3rd of the lunar calendar.
Address: Huaiyang County, Zhoukou City
Taihaoling Temple Fair is an ancient traditional folk custom and folk religious cultural activity. It is called the ancestral temple locally. 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. The Fuxi Mausoleum of Taihao covers an area of more than 36 hectares, and its scale and architecture are magnificent, which makes the world gasp in admiration. The temple fair in Taihaoling is huge and lasts for a long time, which is unique among the temple fairs in the Central Plains. Every year, the lunar calendar lasts for one month from February 2 to March 3. It has pinned the good wishes of the working people in China to exorcise evil spirits, avoid disasters and pray for blessings.
Various traditional folk entertainment activities during the temple fair are even more fascinating. Among them, juggling. There are many performances, such as lions, dragon lanterns, bamboo horses and dry boats. The ancestral temple fair in Tai Wuling. At the same time, it is also a display of traditional folk entertainment. "Compared with other temple fairs, there are two very unique temple fair customs in Taiwuling. First, there is a relatively primitive dance of offering sacrifices to ancestors and pleasing gods, also called "carrying flower baskets". During the temple fair, you can see the "selected teams" who come to Tai Wuling to pray for their ancestors every day. These "selected teams" sang and danced in front of Tai Wuling, attracting many good men and women who came to pilgrimage to stop and watch.
Hebi Xunxian temple fair time: the first day of the first month to the second day of February.
Address: Xun County, Hebi City
The ancient temple fair of the first month in Xunxian County lasts for a whole month every year from the first day of the first month to the second day of February. Because of its early start, large scale and long duration, it is known as the first ancient temple fair in North China. The first ancient temple fair in northern China attracted popularity, opened up financial resources and improved the taste of the temple fair. It changed from a simple pilgrimage to a festival for material exchange, cultural exchange and inheritance of ancient national culture and art. People came to the temple fair to buy folk art, taste snacks and watch traditional skills performances. Visiting temple fairs and enjoying folk customs in the first month of the Spring Festival has become the theme of temple fairs and the happiness that city tourists yearn for.
On the 15th and 16th of the first month of every year, Xunxian County holds a grand temple fair. At the temple fair, tourists will feast their eyes and enjoy various folk social fire performances, such as three-person stilts, lion dance, drumming, yangko, dry boat and so on. With the theme of "visiting temple fairs in the first month, worshiping the Buddha in Xunxian, celebrating the traditional New Year, and appreciating the folk customs of the Central Plains", the county party committee and government of Xunxian held 10 activities, such as performing folk arts, displaying fine handicrafts of the Central Plains, praying for blessings, auspicious lantern festival, and seminar on folk culture of the Central Plains, which were well received by the masses. Fairy-seeking Temple Fair is a folk entertainment activity integrating folk art, religious belief, material exchange and cultural entertainment.
Shangqiu Fire Temple will be held from the first day of the first month to the second day of February.
Address: Southwest of Shangqiu Ancient City
Every Spring Festival, the most lively place in Shangqiu is the Fire Temple Fair. As a traditional folk belief and cultural activity, it has its unique influence. Shangqiu Huoshen Temple Spring Festival Temple Fair has a profound cultural heritage and has a history of more than 2,000 years, with the theme of "showing traditional culture and reappearing folk customs". During the temple fair, various cultural programs are colorful, and traditional folk programs are even more amazing.
The Temple of Fire is the oldest and grandest temple fair in Shangqiu. It is called "Taiwan Fair", also called "Tidal Platform". It is a grand temple fair evolved from people offering sacrifices to their ancestors (Vulcan), with a history of more than 4,000 years. Today, Vulcan Terrace has developed into a cultural activity and material exchange activity, which brings together various folk arts, handicrafts, unique skills, farm tools, black and white goods and exotic clothes. During the Spring Festival, at the site of the Vulcan Temple, you can listen to big dramas, watch social fires, offer sacrifices to Vulcan and experience folk customs.
Jiyuan Jidu Temple Spring Festival cultural temple fair time: the second day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month.
Address: Jidu Temple in Jiyuan
The annual Spring Festival Cultural Temple Fair in Jidu Temple is the largest cultural activity with a long history and wide influence in northern Henan. It is also the largest cultural temple fair among the "Four Capitals" temples in China, and it is also a large-scale temple fair cultural activity integrating the whole people, openness and public welfare. The temple fair will be held from 20 17 to128 (the first day of the first lunar month) to February 1 1 day (the fifteenth day of the first lunar month) in Jidu Temple, a national key cultural relic protection unit. The theme of this year's temple fair is "Welcome the Spring Festival, welcome all blessings, keep peace, be happy and enjoy the New Year", continue to adhere to the cultural concept of public welfare, openness and enjoyment, highlight folk characteristics with traditional culture as the carrier, activate folk literature and art as the carrier, and hold a positive, civilized and fashionable cultural event for the people of the city.
Time of Guanlin Temple Fair in Luoyang: from the 29th of the twelfth lunar month to the 16th of the first month.
Address: No.2 Guanlin South Street, Luoyang
Guanlin Spring Festival Temple Fair is a traditional folk activity in China, which integrates sacrifice, song and dance, entertainment and commerce. For thousands of years, Guan Gong has been regarded as the embodiment of loyalty and moral model, and has been widely admired by people. His spirit of loyalty and courage contains the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. Guanlin in Luoyang is Guan Yu's first burial place, the Guandi Temple with the highest level and the earliest temple architecture, and the only ancient classic building complex integrating Lin Temple at present. He was pardoned by emperors of past dynasties, and became a revered god of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, respected by all walks of life and admired by all. Guanlin in Luoyang is also the only ancient classic architectural complex dedicated to Guan Gong by the "Forest and Temple" in China, a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national AAAA-level tourist attraction.
The contents of the temple fair include blessing on New Year's Eve, burning ever-burning lamps, celebrating traditional Chinese medicine, welcoming the god of wealth, hanging auspicious belts on sacred trees, blessing performances, folk acrobatics performances, folk food streets and other cultural activities. In 20 18, Guanlin Temple Fair will continue to innovate on the basis of previous temple fairs and will present more wonderful attractions.
Meeting time of the Temple of Fire at Anyang Daokou: 1 27-29/month.
Address: hua county, Anyang
According to historical records, the Daokou Temple Fair in the first month originated in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, with a history of more than 700 years. At that time, Daokou had become an influential market town. The town is densely populated, with many shops, merchant ships and businessmen, developed commerce and prosperous economy. At that time, people were used to living under an open flame, and it was easy to cause a fire if they were not careful. To eliminate disasters, people worship Vulcan. It was very popular to build temples at that time, so please Vulcan. Especially on the 29th day of the first month of every year, it is said that this day is the birthday of Vulcan. Merchants, shops, and people in all streets and alleys should set up paper foils, incense sticks, and offerings, burn incense, light candles, and paste gold in front of Vulcan statues or temples, and worship to please the gods and pray for care.
After hundreds of years of vicissitudes, the ancient temple fair has now evolved into a unique and out-and-out carnival in Hua County. "Daokou Huomiao Shehuo" is the last temple fair in North China in the first month, and it is also a concentrated expression of folk culture. It was once rated as "Henan folk classic". There are countless wonderful folk performances in ancient temple fairs, and traditional games such as social fire performance, monkey playing, snake playing, darts throwing and hoop playing attract people's attention. Fried bean jelly, bamboo leaves zongzi, sugar-coated haws, roasted beef and sausage-flavored snacks are mouth watering. I've seen everything. I might as well turn around at the intersection. "This is the local people's evaluation of the ancient temple fair in the first month of Daokou.
Shang Jie Temple Fair of Zhongyuan River in Luohe Time: from the first day to the fifteenth day of the first month.
Address: Heshang Street Ancient Town, Kaiyuan Scenic Area
Traditional folk culture, rare folk skills, more than 40 non-genetic inheritance and performances. At the same time, the "Buyi Lane" snack street on the river street was officially opened during the Spring Festival, bringing together the North and South flavors and selecting special foods from all over the country. Folk interpretation, charm lantern show, tongue-tip feast, this new year, full of flavor! Lantern Festival and temple fair are all in the open source scenic spot of Taishan South Road in the urban area, with convenient transportation. Tourists from go on road trip take the Luoning Expressway and stand at Xixia Station of Luohe, only two kilometers away from the scenic spot.
Pingdingshan Zhongyuan Giant Buddha Spring Festival Temple Fair time: from the first day of the New Year to the sixteenth day of the first month.
Address: Shangtang Village, Zhaocun Township, Lushan County, Pingdingshan City
Non-genetic inheritors and arts and crafts masters performed dozens of non-legacy projects such as paper-cutting, micro-carving, dough sculpture, clay sculpture, shadow play, sugar blower, facial makeup, Qi Diao, diabolo, Latin film, pyrography, cartoon, magic, wood carving, cloth art, eggs, sugar man, windmill, walnut, maned man, gold lacquer mosaic, etc.
Good-looking dazzling crosstalk, sketches, magic, acrobatics, songs and dances, drama, many professional performance groups participate, take turns to stage, and there are surprises on the stage every day. This year, there will be intangible cultural heritage exhibitions, exhibitions, New Year blessing ceremonies, release ceremonies and other activities.
Have you chosen your favorite temple fair activities? Are these great? In fact, these temple fairs have their own characteristics, and everyone chooses the best temple fair they like!