Incense Festival is a general term for all kinds of recreational activities during the Spring Festival and other festivals.
Incense Festival refers to a Buddhist dance cultural activity, which originated in the Tang Dynasty, and its significance lies in commemorating the three major festivals of Buddha Sakyamuni's birthday, nirvana and enlightenment, as well as various grand ceremonies. Scene performance, mainly by monks and believers in the Buddhist temple square, accompanied by bells and drums and push the car to play musical instruments, dancing cheerful dance, praying for Buddha's blessing to be safe and happy.
It is usually held during Buddhist festivals and important celebrations, as an important activity in temples. However, in recent years, the incense festival has gradually become a cultural activity in which the whole society participates, attracting more and more non-Buddhist believers to watch and participate.
In the activities of the Incense Festival, the ceremony of "jumping over the glazed door" is indispensable, that is, crossing the glazed door in front of the temple gate. This traditional ceremony existed as early as the Tang Dynasty, and the symbol of crossing the glazed door has since stepped into the realm of origin, transformed all beings, put down the shackles of the secular and gained freedom and liberation.
During the event, artifacts, buildings, Buddha statues and other treasures from different temples appeared in the ceremony, enriching the connotation and attraction of the event. Incense parties usually end with a parade of offerings. All believers hold offerings such as fruits, flowers and candied fruit, and then tour around the temple to give them to the Buddha to express their respect and gratitude to him.
It originated from the Buddhist "image-walking meeting" in Yuan Dynasty. Popular in Beijing and other areas, people have activities all year round, belonging to China folk traditional self-entertainment mass art organizations, with various forms, both in urban and rural areas, and deeply loved by the broad masses of people.
Before the Qing Dynasty, there were two temple fairs in Miaofeng Mountain every year, namely, Chunxiang Temple Fair from the first day of April to the eighteenth day of the lunar calendar and Qiuxiang Temple Fair from the first day of July to the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar. During the temple fairs, the flower fairs were bound to make pilgrimages to the top, and each club was proud of going to Miaofeng Mountain.
It is also stipulated that "a flower party that has not reached the peak of Miaofeng Mountain is not an authentic one", and all the clubs strictly follow the rules of "bring your own cart and cage, and don't disturb the tea", and advocate the spirit of devotion and selfless dedication. During the flourishing period of Miaofengshan Temple Fair, there were hundreds of flower fairs. Since the resumption of Miaofengshan Temple Fair in 199, more than 13 folk flower fairs have followed the traditional rules to perform at Miaofengshan Temple Fair.