How to visit the Ditan Temple Fair, what are the things to do in the Ditan Temple Fair

Many things in the temple fair are repetitive, mainly selling snacks and toys. If you want to see the juggling show in the Temple of Earth, it is recommended to go early, after watching the performance, it is enough to buy something to wander around for an afternoon, there are many people in the temple fair, and it will be boring to go shopping for a while.

The temple fair is a very ancient traditional folk cultural activity in China. The Ditan Temple Fair was founded in 1985 and is held in Ditan Park, Andingmenwai Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing. There are many activities during the Spring Festival, mainly including:

1. Recreate the scene of the Qing Dynasty emperor's sacrifice to pray for the blessing of the earth gods, the peace of the country, the wind and rain, and the abundance of grains, the performance will be staged on time at 10 am every day from the 30th lunar Chinese New Year's Eve to the seventh day of the first lunar year;

2. In the grassroots emperor election, candidates will wear specific "dragon robes" for interviews, among which those who show the most lacking image of the eyes, postures, and movements of the king in the world can play the emperor in the second year to sacrifice to the ground;

3. Experience the snacks of the Temple of Earth, the temple fair will prepare hundreds of snacks for tourists, so that tourists can experience the feeling of tasting the salty and sweet in the south and the north in one day.

Ditan Park, Andingmenwai Street, Dongcheng District. From January 22 to January 26, 2023 (the first day of the first month to the fifth day of the first lunar month), 9:30-16:00 every day.

Beijing Ditan Park Temple Fair Location: Held in the Cultural Square of the North Gate of Ditan (District 8 of Ditan).

Note: This event is free to make an appointment to visit, the activity area is closed and restricted, and other areas of the park are open normally without activities.

Relying on the style of the ancient altar, the Ditan Spring Festival Cultural Temple Fair is unique among the temple fairs in Beijing by paying attention to the characteristics of the former or ethnic, folk and folk customs, and paying attention to cultural taste, and has become the largest and most prestigious temple fair.

At the Ditan Temple Fair, there will be the Beijing Flavor Selling Art Troupe, and the artists of the Beijing Laotianqiao Art Troupe will also take the stage at the Ditan Temple Fair.

For the tourists to dedicate the long-lost hawking plays, string songs and unique performances. In addition, during the temple fair, the popular folk flower festival of Mosun will also "appear" in the singing and dancing and noisy gongs and drums.

Cangzhou lion dance performance, an excellent program listed as a national intangible cultural heritage; Shanxi Fenxi Drum Art Troupe, which participated in the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, will perform the original "majestic gongs and drums" of Huiyouwu; There are also waist drums from Ansai in northern Shaanxi and octagonal drums of the Bai nationality, which will bring tourists a new folk experience.

Subway route] Metro Line 5 to Hepingli North Street Station Exit D.

Bus routes] Bus No. 125 to Ditan North Gate Station.