Chinese-style carnival! Guides for Snake Year temple fairs in Beijing
Updated: 2013-02-01 14:51
(China.org.cn)
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Taoranting (Chandian) Temple Fair
Dates: Feb 9-14, 2013
Venue: Taoranting Park, 19 Taiping Jie, Xicheng District
Price: 10 yuan
Buses: Take 40, 102 or 106 to Taipingjie, or 603 to Youyongchi.
Features: The temple fair, one of the oldest in Beijing, is an extremely popular outing for Beijingers as well as for 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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