On the morning of February 1, with the sound of gongs and drums in the noisy sky, the golden lion dance to send blessings, the "Rising Sun Rising in the East Shines on Ruicai Longteng Four Seas Celebration Auspicious" Xiaonian Temple Fair in Dongsi Street, Dongcheng District, kicked off at the gate of the Party and Mass Service Center of Dongsi Street.
This year's Xiaonian Temple Fair is composed of three sections: folk parade, folk performance and garden temple fair, which allows residents to experience the strong flavor of the New Year and feel the festive atmosphere through the in-depth restoration of the street folk culture of old Beijing to welcome the New Year.
On the morning of the same day, the "Yongli Chaotou" performance team based on dragon dance and lion dance set off from the Party and Mass Service Center of Dongsi Street and paraded to the main venue along the east side of Dongsi North Street. At the same time, the "Four Seasons Auspicious" performance team composed of performers from the car club set off from the Hengchang Ruiji ** small building at the west entrance of Dongsi Sitiao, implying that the "blessing with the spring" Yangge performance team also set off from Dongsi Sanjo, and after meeting with the other two teams, they marched south together to send New Year blessings to people. The shops and residents' portals next to Dongsi North Street have also posted Chinese New Year couplets, which are full of festive atmosphere against the cheerful dance steps of the folk parade.
In the public space of the subway of Dongsi Street, the main venue of the temple fair, Zhao Guozhu, the king of flower boards in Beijing, and his apprentice Gao Yu presented wonderful flower board performances to the audience. There are also traditional temple fair stalls such as sugar melons, sugar paintings, handmade dolls, etc., and merchants in the jurisdiction also actively participate in providing different kinds of services for passing guests.
At the same time, the Dongsi Liutiao Neighborhood Committee, the Batiao Neighborhood Committee, the Dongsi Olympic Community Sports and Cultural Center, the Nanxincang Cultural and Leisure Street, and Douban Hu have set up branch venues respectively, respectively, with folk activities such as writing Spring Festival couplets, paper-cutting, cross talk, and interesting sports, especially the Nanxincang branch venue led the citizens who came to participate in the activities to visit the Nanxincang Cultural Expo Hall, experience the close relationship between the ancient Nanxincang and Caoyun and the Grand Canal, feel the charm of the Nanxincang time-honored brand, and experience the old Beijing New Year's flavor.
**: Beijing**client reporter Li Yao Cheng Gong
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