For thousands of years, the Grand Canal has left the world with too many unique canal customs and folk cultures, among which temple fairs and fairs are one of the important components. Recently, the 2022 Ninth China Grand Canal Temple Fair with the theme of “Beiguan Old Temple Fair, Hangzhou New Life” opened in Hangzhou Xiangji Temple Square.
China’s Grand Canal Temple Fair has been held for nine consecutive times. Every year, it attracts many citizens and tourists to participate, greatly promoting the foreign exchange of the traditional folk culture of the Hangzhou Grand Canal.
This temple fair will last until November 14, with four sections: Xiangji Temple Square, Dadou Road Historic and Cultural Block, Xiaohe Historic and Cultural Block and Qiaoxi Historic and Cultural Block. It will open “Vegetarian Market”, “Non Heritage Market”, “Water Market”, “China-Chic Cultural and Creative Market”, etc. During the temple fair, experience activities such as national style walk shows, flash performances, urban camping, intangible cultural heritage hand works, lantern riddle interaction, and video games will be launched in different periods – Xiangji Temple Square, with the theme of “wonderful vegetarian time”, gathers more than 20 well-known vegetarian stalls from all over the country, where you can taste sweet scented osmanthus cake, buckwheat crisp and other vegetarian foods; With the theme of “China-Chic Cultural Creativity” and “Healthy Light Food”, Dadou Road Historical and Cultural Street has settled nearly 60 light food, cultural innovation and special decoration exhibition businesses, integrating culture, art and life; The Xiaohe Historical and Cultural Street takes the route of “fun and fun”. The market includes national style handicrafts, snacks and other good things, as well as lute solo, Xuanyin art, hand dish performance and other wonderful contents. This year, “Water Market” and “Song Yun Lantern Festival” are specially added. Citizens can take boats to go to the market, and also can wear Chinese clothes to experience the immersive interactive national style social experience; Qiaoxi Historic and Cultural Street keeps the consistent style of “national medicine time-honored brand”, gathering in the markets of national medicine, national medicine, health food, intangible cultural heritage handicrafts, etc; The Canal World Culture and Art Park, together with more than a dozen coffee brands, has prepared a coffee market for coffee lovers.
It is worth mentioning that during the temple fair, there is a special “temple fair cruise line”, which is a two-way circular opening of the Wulinmen Wharf and the local specialty wharf, going to the Xiaohe Park, Dadou Road Historic and Cultural Block, Xiaohe Historic and Cultural Block, Qiaoxi Historic and Cultural Block, etc., to lead citizens and tourists to explore both sides of the canal in depth, and feel the market customs and the new look of ancient transport beside the Gongchen Bridge.
(Editor in charge: Ai Yutao, Wang Liwei)
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