Visit the temple fair and celebrate the New Year...... In the impression of Beijingers, there is a temple fair, and the taste of the New Year is enough.
During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Dragon, Beijing's traditional temple fairs will be fully restored. At present, traditional temple fairs such as Ditan, Longtan, Changdian, Daguan Garden, Shijingshan Amusement Park, and Badachu are in full swing. The Old Summer Palace, Hongluo Temple Scenic Area, and Phoenix Ridge Scenic Area will also hold a variety of Spring Festival garden parties, and the Summer Palace, Zhongshan Park, Jingshan Park, Yuyuantan Park, and Xiangshan Park will also hold New Year flower viewing and climbing prayer activities.
On the evening of February 4, in Shijingshan Amusement Park, the actors performed a fire dragon steel flower performance. Photo by Beijing News reporter Li Muyi
- Temple fair
Temple fair
●Location: Ditan Park
●Activity time: February 11-16
●Highlights: With the theme of "Spring Hope Fangze, Dragon Leaping and Phoenix Singing", there are 4 stages of imitation Qing Festival performances, folk flower parties, auspicious songs and dances, and opera acrobatics, as well as 3 theme exhibitions such as light and shadow axis and altar and temple culture, as well as booths such as intangible cultural heritage handicrafts, state-owned time-honored brands, special snacks, packaged foods, boutique handicrafts, and interactive amusement areas.
Changdian temple fair
●Location: East and West Streets, Liulichang, Xicheng District
●Activity time: February 10-14
●Highlights: There are three series of activities: "Old Books and New Knowledge" and Spring Examination Pen Club activities in the "Books" section of the city. Meet Xuannan Baume & Mercier section to carry out the "Prosperous Times as You Wish" flash mob performance and treasure appreciation activities. The Yayou Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition section will carry out the Centennial Factory Exhibition and the Dragon Culture New Year Painting Exhibition.
Grand View Garden Red House Temple Fair
●Location: Grand View Garden, Beijing
●Activity time: February 10-14
●Highlights: Create a global immersive garden viewing experience: the main event of the annual temple fair is staged on the big stage on the north side: the ancient costume performance of the provincial concubine vividly reproduces the scene of the provincial relatives in the book, the scene of feeling the emperor's grace and family reunion, and the shadow puppet performance suitable for adults and children to watch on the small stage.
Celebrate the New Year at the foot of the Great Wall
●Location: Gubei Water Town, Miyun District
●Activity time: February 10-14
●Highlights: Focusing on the theme of "Temple Fair at the Foot of the Great Wall, Gubei Water Town Reunion Year", on the basis of special experiences such as Eight Banners food, parade interpretation, lantern prayer, intangible cultural heritage handicraft, ice and snow carnival, 11 special Spring Festival activities such as Chinese New Year's Eve Celebration, Flower Party Parade, Burning Head Incense Collar "Little Dragon Man" Victory Cake, Luminous Dragon Dance, Dragon Hunting Strategy, and 6 New Year Ice and Snow Activities such as Chuanqiao Ice Fishing, Ice Slide, and Snow Tank were launched.
Shijingshan Amusement Park Temple Fair
●Location: Shijingshan Amusement Park
●Event time: February 10-17
●Highlights: The quintessence of the Spring Festival performance brings together traditional arts such as cross talk, allegro, double reed, juggling, acrobatics, ventriloquism, face changing, and Peking Opera singing. The intangible cultural heritage dragon steel flower show, the dazzling Chinese New Year lantern group, the luminous float parade and the luminous dragon and lion dance are dizzying, and you can also enjoy the large-scale 3D phantom lanterns brought by modern technology.
Longtan temple fair
●Location: Longtan Park
●Activity time: February 10-16
●Highlights: With the theme of "Prayer for Blessing (lǎng) Welcoming Spring", the event space layout of "1 ring, 2 exhibitions, 3 stages and 6 themes" will be created. Among them, "1 Ring" is the "Qile Longlong" market held on Huanyuan Road, "2 Exhibitions" is the "Painting and Talking about Old Beijing" and "Intangible Cultural Heritage" Cultural Exhibition, "3 Stages" include the Flower Festival Stage, the Laughter Stage, and the Sports Arena, and the "6 Themes" include the Longtan Ice and Snow Festival - Winter Joy Plan, the National Style Folk E-sports Carnival, Longdongqiang Paradise, the "Chess" Victory - Chess Interactive Zone, the Carbon Dragon - Spring Awakening Plan, and the "Time-honored Brand" Exhibition and Sales of Beijing Huijing Cuisine.
On February 7th, there was a joyful scene in Longtan Park. Photo by Beijing News reporter Yin Yafei
Eight temple fairs
●Location: Bada in Shijingshan District
●Event time: February 10-17
●Highlights: Focusing on the theme of "Qile Longlonglong, Have a Beijing Flavor New Year", there are six major sections: Qile Longlong (focusing on landscape and atmosphere creation, Yuelongmen theme channel + stamp collection check-in); Year of the Dragon Daji (focusing on festival blessing culture, wishing tree + "ball" good luck + academic prayer drum); Longmen Chaoji (focusing on festival atmosphere, visiting Longmen Chaoji + eating Beijing-style food); Longmen Tide Set (focusing on festival atmosphere, visiting Longmen Tide Market + eating Beijing-style food); Dragon Shadow Re-appearance (focusing on cultural performances, national tide performing arts + Beijing flavor parade);Dragon Shadow Flowing Year (focusing on memory killing, classic scene reproduction in the 50s-90s +). Old Camera Exhibition + Experience Beijing Culture);Longchao Qixin (focusing on cultural and creative IP, old Beijing specialty coffee + Badachu cultural and creative + Badachu characteristic vegetarian cake).
- Garden party
Qinglong Lake Park New Year Garden Party
●Location: Qinglong Lake Park, Fengtai District
●Activity time: February 10-24
●Highlights: With the theme of the green dragon, all kinds of lanterns will be created, and wonderful performances such as Hanfu parade, Chinese drum performance, stilt kicking bowl, lion dance, flyover stunt, face changing, iron flower playing, as well as traditional Chinese snacks and local specialties will be set up.
Grand Canal Spring Festival Garden Party
●Location: North District, Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Scenic Spot, Tongzhou District
●Event Period: February 2-24, 9:00-21:30 (free admission)
●Highlights: The garden party is divided into two parts: matinee and evening, Tongzhou Li Ersi car meeting, Zaolinzhuang national car meeting, canal Lu Lantern Festival, lion dance, canal dragon lantern festival and other activities make citizens and tourists feel a different kind of canal cultural atmosphere.
Phoenix Ridge New Year Garden Party
●Location: Phoenix Ridge Scenic Area, Haidian District
●Event time: February 10-17
●Characteristic highlights: Set up nine major sections: lantern corridor area, phoenix blessing area, intangible cultural heritage experience area, "casting prison" mission area, zodiac culture area, food and New Year goods area, flower party interactive area, children's amusement area, and ice and snow park area. Among them, the dragon dance and the middle flag in the intangible cultural heritage area are staged in turn, the flower festival interactive area specially invites the national intangible cultural heritage Ansai waist drum performance team to display on the spot, and interact with the parade of auspicious dragons and happy clowns, and the food area displays the old Beijing snacks and the hawking culture in the hutongs.
Hongluo Temple New Year Blessing Garden Party
●Location: Hongluo Temple Scenic Area, Huairou District
●Event time: February 10-17
●Highlights: There are not only traditional activities that the masses like to see, such as "Five Blessings for the New Year", New Year's Prayer, New Year's Blessing, Appreciating Homemade Palace Lanterns and New Year's Cold Sanyou Garden, Guessing Interesting Lantern Riddles, Throwing Pots to Welcome Joy, etc., as well as intangible cultural heritage performances and folk performances such as Wanhe sedan chairs, poems and leisure, running donkeys, running dry boats, dragon dances, etc.
Encounter Jingxi and meet the beauty - Fulong Spring Festival Garden Party
●Location: Shijingshan District Mode Mouth Historical and Cultural District
●Event time: February 10-17
●Highlights: With the "Dragon Hunt" stamp collection game as the main line, you can get a New Year's gift package by collecting stamps with the theme of "Nine Sons of the Dragon", and at the same time, set up five major lucky check-in points of "Fu Lu Shou Xi Cai", and combine activities such as street flash mob performances and God of Wealth parade to set off the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival.
"Longteng Prosperous Age New Year's Greeting" New Year's Day in the Old Summer Palace
●Location: Old Summer Palace Ruins Park
●Activity time: February 10-24
●Highlights: Gather museum cultural experience, domestic time-honored brand display, digital experience cultural space, folk activities, traditional food appreciation, New Year market, palace entertainment, intangible cultural heritage performance and other activities to create an immersive palace cultural garden party.
On February 4, the Old Summer Palace was hung with a "sea of lanterns". Photo by Beijing News reporter Pu Feng
- New Year's cherry blossom viewing and climbing prayer activities
The 13th "Proud Bone Fragrance" Plum Blossom and Wax Plum Spring Festival Cultural Exhibition and Popular Science Activities
●Location: Summer Palace
●Event time: February 5-19
●Highlights: The exhibition is divided into two parts: more than 100 pots of plum blossoms, wax plum stump bonsai and other plants are exhibited in Changguantang, and a palace flower arrangement exhibition with the theme of "Sui Dynasty Qing Offering" is held in the Cultivation and Weaving Diagram Water Gymnastics School, with a total of 55 sets of flower arrangement works on display. During the exhibition, there will be on-site interactive activities such as "Wonderful Hands and Plum Fragrance" and pen sessions.
On February 5th, the 13th Summer Palace "Proud Bone Fragrance" Plum Blossom and Wax Plum Spring Festival Cultural Exhibition opened. Photo by Beijing News reporter Xue Jun
"Dragon Prosperous" 2024 New Year Traditional Flower Exhibition
●Location: Tanghuawu, Zhongshan Park
●Event period: February 5th to early March
●Highlights: More than 1,000 pots of more than 50 varieties of festive flowers such as rhododendron, plum blossom, peony and camellia and more than 50 varieties of festive flowers such as vermilion red, large-flowered orchid, phalaenopsis and pineapple are exhibited.
Cherry blossom New Year event
●Location: Yuyuantan Park
●Activity time: February 10-24
●Highlights: Focusing on the theme of "Spring Cherry Blossoms and the First Flowers", we will organize and carry out traditional folk activities, traditional New Year's fun games, and interactive experiences such as watching and promoting early cherry blossoms in the New Year.
A total of "incense" grand event dragon chanting the world is full of blessings, and the dragon sends blessings to the mountain
●Location: Fragrant Hills Park
●Activity time: February 10-14
●Highlights: Citizens and tourists can make an appointment in advance through the WeChat mini-program "Xiangshan Park", and check in at the 5 scenic spots of Qinzheng Palace, Zhiyuanzhai, Glasses Lake, Jianxinzhai and Xiangshan Temple, and stamp the characteristic stamps with blessings such as "Fushou Shuangquan" to exchange for souvenirs.
"The Forbidden Peak's New Year Celebration of the Spring Festival in Kyushu and the Year of the Dragon" - Jingshan's 2024 Spring Festival and Lantern Festival cultural activities
●Location: Jingshan Park
●Event time: February 2-25
●Characteristic highlights: Combined with the traditional Chinese zodiac culture and the central axis culture, through environmental layout, landscape sketches, large-scale sculptures, exhibition activities, etc., visitors can taste the "national tide" and feel the "New Year's flavor".
Beijing News reporter Chen Lin
Edited by Fan Yijing Proofread by Fu Chunxuan