Dongyue Temple Fair beckons

Folk custom activities

Visitors to the temple fair can also enjoy themselves by admiring folk-custom activities held from April 29 to May 6.

There will be exhibitions of traditional handicrafts and paper-cut works that were collected and selected by non-governmental organizations.

Performers will also demonstrate traditional Chinese costumes at a garden party.

Archery performances will be put on at Tanghuai Yard where visitors can learn about traditional Chinese etiquette culture.

Highly skilled tai chi practitioners stage a grand show of tai chi during the Dongyue Temple Fair. [Photo/Wechat account:hitaishan]

A Han Chinese Costume Festival will be held from April 30 to May 2. A series of activities, such as traditional dance, poetry competition and puberty ceremony, will be held to showcase traditional etiquette and Han Chinese costume culture.

To promote the traditional athletic spirit, a hand wrestling competition will be held on April 30 in front of Tiankuang Hall, where 200 competitors will fight for the championship.

On the same day, sports lovers will attend a cycling activity that departing from the north gate of Dai Temple. On May 3, a Yoga Cultural Activities will also be held at Tanghuai Yard.

Performances

A parade of offering sacrifice to the heaven will be held on April 30 to demonstrate the unique Mount Tai culture and spirit.

From April 29 to May 6, performances of martial arts, traditional music, Chinese folk art forms and local operas will be put on stage. Visitors can lift their spirits by watching long boxing and nunchakus performances or listening to the music played by guqin, a seven-stringed zither, and the bamboo flute.

An imperial parade is reenacted in Dai Temple during the Dongyue Temple Fair. [Photo/Wechat account: sdtxta]

The visitors can also try to find inner peace by watching the tea ceremony performances at Hapai Pavillion from April 29 to May 1, or by enjoying modern fashion and attending the music festival at Tanghuai Yard on May 5 and 6.

Trade activities

If people want to buy Mount Tai specialties, they won't be disappointed, for trade shows will be held during the temple fair. Tea, tourism products, donkey-hide gelatin, rare stones bonsai and root carvings will be demonstrated and on sale.

Traders demonstrate how to stir-fry tea leaves at the tea exposition during the Dongyue Temple Fair. [Photo/Wechat account: sdtxta]