A guide for Year of the Rooster temple fairs in Beijing
Tourists visit Chandian Temple Fair at Taoranting Park in Beijing, Feb 10, 2016. [Photo by Zou Weilin/Asianewsphoto] |
Taoranting (Chandian) Temple Fair
Dates: Jan 28-Feb 1
Venue: Taoranting Park, 19 Taiping Jie, Xicheng District
Ticket: 10 yuan Buses: Take 40, 102 or 106 to Taipingjie, or 603 to Youyongchi.
The temple fair, one of the oldest in Beijing, is an extremely popular outing for Beijingers as well as foreigners in Beijing during the Chinese Lunar New Year. People can buy and sell paintings and calligraphic works, antiques, toys and various food products here. Don't miss the acrobatics, magic shows, operas, cross-talks, lion dance, stilt dance, Dancing God of Fortune and folk wedding performances.
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