Temple Fair Held in Changsha Window of the World Theme Park

During the spring festival a specially contributed old Beijing Tianqiao Temple Fair was under way in the Changsha Window of the World theme park, which was decorated with big red lanterns. Temple fair elements including flag poles, spring festival couplets, memorial archways and traditional folk snacks and crafts all give the people in South China a new experience.

During the first six days of the Chinese Lunar New Year, the Eight Eccentrics of Old Beijing Tianqiao Temple Fair including flag pole perform, surpassing the donkey, flying fork, playing diabolo, hard Qigong and wrestling will all be shown to the audience. At the same time, such elements on temple fairs as sugarcoated haws on sticks, sugar painting, dough figurine and paper cutting will also appear in the theme park, so that Changsha citizens could enjoy a typically traditional Spring Festival.

"Chinese Mammon" (God of Fortune) will show up at any time to send red packets (cash wrapped up in red paper) to visitors. Meanwhile, at a due time every day, red packets will fall from the Alexander Lighthouse. Visitors can also write down their New Year wishes on red papers and hang them on a wish tree.

It is reported that the temple fair has attracted ten thousand visitors in the first two days.

Source: http://www.enghunan.gov.cn/