A guide for Year of the Rooster temple fairs in Beijing

Preparation for the Daguanyuan Temple fair in the Year of Rooster is underway at the Daguanyuan Park in Beijing, Jan 11, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

Daguanyuan Temple Fair

Dates: Jan 28-Feb 1

Venue: Daguanyuan Park, Xuanwu district

Ticket: 40 yuan

Buses: Take 59, 819, 717, 122, 721, 806, 939 or 816 to Daguanyuan.

This temple fair will be held at Grand View Park, a replica of the magnificent Daguanyuan garden of an imperial family described in the well-known Chinese novel A Dream of Red Mansions by Qing Dynasty writer Cao Xueqin (17l5-l763). Besides the traditional temple fair events, there will be folk arts shows, extreme sports, Chinese kung fu, Kaifeng Pan Drums as well as the "Two-people show" (Er Ren Zhuan) from northeastern China.

The opera Concubine Yuan Paying a Visit Home, and Amusement in Red Mansion which was adapted from the novel A Dream of Red Mansions, will also be performed. The scenes of Baoyu Getting Married and Celebrating the Lady Dowager Jia's Birthday will also be reenacted at the temple fair.