Traditional folk customs are presented in the theme of the Spring Festival Lantern Festival of the Beijing Expo

The first Spring Festival Temple Fair held at the Beijing World Expo Park has attracted many people to visit since its opening. This temple fair can be described as unique, massive, and rich in programs, which has attracted many tourists to watch. They all found it very interesting. Let’s take a look at the theme of this lantern festival.

Festival-themed lantern sets

In addition, there are also rich festival-themed lantern sets, such as "Spring Festival Customs - Eating Yuanxiao", "Spring Festival Customs - Receive the God of Wealth", "Spring Festival Customs - Going out to pay New Year greetings" and so on, you might as well guess what they look like!

Cute Rats Welcome the Spring

The Spring Festival zodiac-themed lantern group "Cute Rats Welcome the Spring" is 12 meters high. With a diameter of 11 meters, it is the tallest lamp group in the park.

Dragon in China and Phoenix in Nine Heavens

Dragons and phoenixes dance to celebrate the New Year. The lengths of the "Dragon in China" and "Feng Wu in Nine Heavens" are over 50 meters and 30 meters respectively, and the height reaches 8 meters. .

Yanqing, the Millennium Salt Capital

The large-scale lantern group "Beijing Yanqing" created based on the cultural tourism resources of Yanqing District is 35 meters long and 8 meters high; it uses Zigong's characteristic cultural symbol well salt The large-scale lamp group "Millennium Salt City" with a crane as the starting point for creation is 20 meters long and 8 meters high.

Folk art supports temple fairs

It is understood that the first Expo Cultural Temple Fair and the large-scale lantern festival "Visiting the World Garden to Appreciate Lanterns during the New Year" are also one of the highlights of this year's Yanqing District Ice and Snow Festival. It is currently the lantern show with the largest area and the most variety of performances in Yanqing District. Special flower show performances and opera performances with Sichuan characteristics, such as Sichuan Opera Face-changing, Yanqing Yangko, Bamboo Horse, etc., will also be performed during the temple fair.

"New Year's Goods Street"

It is indispensable to buy New Year's goods during the Chinese New Year. The "New Year's Goods Street" in the museum presents you with a real "New Year's Goods Street" with fireworks. You also have licensed products from the Winter Olympics~

Join the Ice Lantern Art Festival

It is worth mentioning that the Longqingxia Ice Lantern Art Festival will also light up Yanqing’s night tourism. The upcoming 34th Longqing Gorge Ice Lantern Art Festival is different from the past. Longqing Gorge Scenic Spot uses innovative technological elements based on traditional ice lanterns and adds 3D light and shadow show performances to provide tourists with a more interesting ice lantern art. Festival.

Contents of Expo Temple Fair Activities

The Spring Festival is the most solemn and important traditional festival in my country. "Celebrating the Spring Festival and visiting the temple fair" is an important custom of the Chinese people during the New Year. At this Expo Temple Fair, you can fully experience the modern and traditional New Year temple fair that can be seen, eaten, purchased, entertained, experienced, and passed on. Especially during the Spring Festival, from the first to the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, During the Lantern Festival, Yanqing District will also stage performances with folk custom characteristics, including Yangko, stilts, land boats, dances, cart races, etc., inheriting Yanqing’s unique Flower Fair style, with different programs every day for six consecutive days.

New Year’s Taste Museum

The International Pavilion will then be transformed into the “New Year’s Taste Museum”. What are the traditional customs of Laba to the 15th from ancient times to the present? What do the older generations say about writing Spring Festival couplets, pasting Spring Festival couplets, painting lanterns, cutting paper and pasting window grilles, painting lanterns, making sugar figures, and making incense according to ancient methods? There are also childhood memories of a generation - making hoops, playing with balloons, painting dolls, and smashing moles. There is also a "Light City Adventure" activity on the basement floor of the International Pavilion. This New Year is a fun one! Make it yourself and light up the lanterns

The top ten themed boutique B&Bs in Yanqing District have successively launched "B&Bs are booming to celebrate the New Year" "Activity. Visitors can personally cut window grilles, write Spring Festival couplets, and experience the cultural heritage of intangible cultural heritage handicrafts such as gourd pyrography and straw weaving; they can also make dumplings, taste delicious food, and enjoy a reunion dinner. Among them, the Expo-themed Hefu Boutique B&B was opened simultaneously with the lighting ceremony of the Expo Lantern Festival.

The main content is to enjoy the lanterns of the Expo, stay in the homes of the Expo, make handmade lanterns, and enjoy the taste of the rural New Year

The taste of the New Year on the tip of the tongue

Yanqing specialties, Zigong specialties and other special snacks are all available. Such as Yunnan sweet-scented osmanthus cake, Hong Kong egg waffles, Taiwanese whirlwind potato tart, Chongqing hot and sour noodles, sachets, candied haws, artistic marshmallows, Wuhan three delicacies tofu skin and more delicious surprises are waiting for you to explore in person!

Festival activities, celebrate together

On January 2 (Laba Festival), the Great Wall-themed Shiguang Great Wall B&B held the "Moon Moon Thousand Miles Over Shixia Pass, Celebrating the New Year at the Foot of the Great Wall" event, eating Laba porridge and watching non-stop activities There are cultural heritage performances, experiences of intangible cultural heritage handicrafts, and professional commentators taking tourists to Shixiaguan to explain the stories of the Great Wall;

On January 17 (small year), the Winter Olympics-themed Hidden in the World B&B will Invite Winter Olympics builders to gather together, make dumplings, and have a warm "Winter Olympics Year"