This year's temple fair will mainly have three chapters of activities, including the sequential chapter, the thousand-year blessing chapter, and the human fireworks chapter.
Preface is mainly the opening ceremony activities, the starry sky as a screen, the Yangtze River as a stage, to show a fireworks show containing the characteristics of the folk culture of Fengdu, light and shadow show, drones + lantern show.
The Millennium Blessed Land chapter includes six activities, including a temple parade, a night tour of the ghost city, an electro-acoustic carnival, and the opening of the South Tour Market. The fireworks section includes 10 activities, including the "Love of Pindu" light and shadow show, the "Singing in Fengdu" large-scale concert, the school recess dance competition, the Magic Multi International Clown Circus Carnival, the 10,000-people all-beef hot pot feast, and the global food carnival.
The Fengdu Temple Fair will be held at Long Street in Fengdu County, Fu Street in Fengdu County, Xiaoguanshan Scenic Spot in Fengdu, Mingshan Scenic Spot, Zhonghengyi Stadium, County Gymnasium, Longhe National Wetland Park, Migrant Square, Longcheng Tianjie, Longcheng Xiangjie Gourmet Street, and the south gate of Chaohua Park in Fengdu County.
The Heritage and Evolution of Fengdu Temple Fairs
Breeding Period: This period includes from ancient times down to the Southern Song Dynasty. The evolution of folk beliefs in Fengdu during this period created conditions for the conception of the temple fair.
Formative period: the development of the history of Fengdu in the Ming Dynasty prepared sufficient conditions for the formation of the temple fair in Fengdu. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Sichuan folk temple activities such as spring, blossoming everywhere, showing a flourishing trend. To Pingdu Mountain as a sacrificial site, to Yan Luowang as the main god of the Fungdu temple fair, with the rise of the Fungdu local gentry power, increasingly become an influential local folk cultural activities.
The heyday: from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, the changes in the pattern of the temple and the main god of Pingdu Mountain helped the Fungdu Temple Fair to become more and more prosperous and flourishing.
Stagnation period: after the Republic of China, Sichuan wars for years, the social environment is volatile, outside the Fungdu incense will rise momentum for the stop.
Renaissance: in 1988, Fengdu held the "first ghost city temple fair" since the founding of the country, and scheduled for the lunar calendar "March 3" as a fixed time, has continued to hold 23 sessions.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Fengdu Temple Festival