In order to express the hospitality of the host, the Chinese side specially prepared a quintessential version of the "temple fair" to welcome international guests attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and present them with small gifts with Chinese characteristics.
As a traditional festival in the mainland, how did the temple fair come about?
In ancient times, sacrifice was a significant event in people's lives, and people gathered together to carry out activities such as offering offerings, playing music, holding ceremonies, etc. This kind of assembly for the worship of gods can be seen as the prototype of the folk temple fair in later generations.
Small traders seized the opportunity to set up various stalls outside the temple to make money, making this behavior gradually become a regular event. In the future, it gradually evolved into a way for people to gather - to catch the market.
The temple fair is also a festival related to cultural entertainment, during the temple fair, all kinds of folk artists perform for a living, inherit folk culture and art, and enrich people's amateur life. The main activities are: lion dance, stilt walking, puppet show, double reed, magic (ancient Chinese "magic") and so on.
The temple fair is also one of the children's favorite festivals, and the folk toys at the temple fair are varied and exquisitely made, and the pieces can be called handicrafts. The main ones are: empty bamboo, fluttering, marquee, sugar blower, face sculpture, rattle and so on. There are also many interesting mini-games at the temple fair, such as: snare, lottery, gun and so on.
In addition to visiting the temple fair, watching the lanterns and guessing the riddles are also the traditional folk customs of the Lantern Festival. Every fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the folk would hang lanterns and set off fireworks, and later some people wrote riddles on a note and pasted them on colorful lanterns for people to guess. Because riddles can inspire wisdom and cater to the festive atmosphere, there are many people who respond, and then guessing puzzles gradually become an indispensable program of the Lantern Festival.
Next, the teacher gave the children on the line a few small riddles, let's guess it together! Guess right there is a prize oh ~
Finally, let's learn two ancient poems about the Lantern Festival and see how the ancient people celebrated the festival.
"The fire tree and the silver blossom are combined, and the iron lock of the star bridge is opened." Dark dust goes with the horse, and the bright moon comes one by one. The Tang Dynasty poet Su Wei's "Fifteen Nights of the First Moon" describes the scenery of the Lantern Night in Chang'an City, on the fifteenth day of the first month, the folk flower lanterns, the strange night view of the fire trees and honeysuckle, the noisy cars and horses of the rich and nobles, the songs and laughter of the citizens converge, and the whole city is in a lively atmosphere all night
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The Lantern Festival was a very important festival in the Song Dynasty. On this day, the streets are full of tourists, people singing and dancing, dressing up and traveling. Su Dongpo wrote: "Three or five nights in Qiantang. The moon is like frost, and the illumination is picturesque. The bottom of the tent blows incense spit musk. Not only does it describe the grand scene of the lights and moons of the Shangyuan Night in Qiantang in the Song Dynasty, but also writes about the extravagant scene of the festival of the officials and eunuchs in Hangzhou, reflecting the loneliness and coldness of the Mizhou Shangyuan Festival, and expressing the poet's worries about the national economy and people's livelihood.
Finally, let's take out the material package together and make a small flower lantern with the teacher! Fold the shape, cut out the hollow appliqué, then glue the riddle, install the small bulb, and a delicate small flower lamp will be ready!
Let's take a look at the children's works!
The round and rolling tangyuan let us share the festive joy of family reunion, and the shining flower lanterns send Tang Tu's most sincere wishes to every child! Let's guess the riddles of the lanterns and make the Lantern Festival together, and jointly pass on the cultural treasures of the Chinese nation from generation to generation!
Happy Lantern Festival!
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