Changdian Temple Fair

Changdian Temple Fair

The Changdian Temple Fair is a cultural tourism attraction.

Among the many temple fairs in old Beijing, only the Changdian Temple Fair was not named after a temple, took place only once a year during the Spring Festival, yet was the largest in scale, richest in local Beijing flavor, and the most widely renowned and beloved. After the liberation, the Changdian Temple Fair continued to be held until the early 1960s, remaining lively and bustling, but then unfortunately came to an abrupt end, and was abruptly discontinued for 37 years. Perhaps in response to the nostalgia of Beijingers, the Beijing Municipal Government revived the Changdian Temple Fair in 2001.

The Changdian Temple Fair is currently mainly held around Liulichang and Taoranting Park. As one of the eight major temple fairs in Beijing’s history, it is now the largest in scale, the most influential, and the most prestigious among them. The Changdian Temple Fair, along with Nanjing’s Confucius Temple, Shanghai’s City God Temple, and Chengdu’s Qingyang Palace, is known as one of China’s four great temple fairs. Even during its least prosperous times, the Changdian Temple Fair could attract a daily foot traffic equivalent to one-fifth of Beijing’s resident population at the time — almost no longtime Beijinger had failed to visit it.

Address: Liulichang in Xicheng District’s Wenhua area and Taoranting Park in the folk culture area, Beijing

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