The basic folk ability and arts are breath and numerous. Although the Village God Temple Fair, one of the four big temple fairs and the Jiangnan Town God Temple Fair, which marched with the God statue, accept disappeared, Changdian Temple Fair and Tianqiao Temple Fair still exist. For the two hundred years, to go to Changdian Temple Fair in the Spring Festival has become the custom of Beijing people. People aggregate on the fair, which abounding with diabolo, windmill, acceptable haws, people¡¯s joy and laughter. Countless alarming abilities on Tianqiao Temple Fair admiring people. The three ancestors of ¡°eight strange¡± were absent by all; ancestors of aesthetic inheritors became admiring artists here. Changdian and Tianqiao betoken Beijing folk ability and bend arts, represent ability of Xuanwu District.
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| Layout of Temple Fairs |
Profile of Temple Fair
The temple fairs in Xuanwu District emerged in Ming Dynasty and developed in Qing Dynasty. After the Republic of China was founded, administration food were established, the temple fair began to fall. According to the Record of Beijing Economic History, the Village God Temple Fair and Changdian Temple Fair were the oldest, better and alotof affluent temple fairs.
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| Village God Temple Fair |
Village God Temple Fair
The Village God Temple was amid at the west ancillary of Xiaxiejie Road (current Xuanwu District Hospital of Beijing). In Jin Dynasty, the area was developed into the abode for temple fair until 1950s. The temple fair was captivated on the 3rd, 13th and 23rd of anniversary lunar month, totaled 36 times in anniversary lunar year, and 2 times added in bound year. The fair took an across of 19,200 m2, including 2,530 m2 central the temple and 16,670 m2 alfresco the temple (including Xiaxie Road, a area of Guang¡¯anmennei Road and the aboveboard abaft the temple). According to the Investigation of Beiping Temple Fairs, there were absolute 583 booths affairs 14 categories of appurtenances on the Village God Temple Fair, including 169 accouterment booths and 84 aliment booths, as able-bodied as 1 cartage accessories berth (cart and bike parts) and 4 covering onlinewriting booth. The temple fair usually started at 10:00 a.m., and accomplished at 5:00 p.m. On anniversary fair, ¡°hundreds of appurtenances accepting sold, barter accepting absorbed by multi-colors,¡± ¡°endless barter clustered,¡± what a affluent scene. In Oct of 1955, Beijing Municipal Public Health Bureau absitively to authorize a hospital at the above Village God Temple, the temple fair disappeared.
