{"id":7961,"date":"2012-01-25T16:46:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T08:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=7961"},"modified":"2016-01-31T21:26:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T13:26:45","slug":"2012-beijing-chaoyang-international-spring-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/2012-beijing-chaoyang-international-spring-carnival","title":{"rendered":"Beijing Chaoyang International Spring Carnival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Plan your Beijing trip<\/a><\/strong><\/span> during spring festival? Visiting a temple fair<\/a><\/strong><\/span> is a must. For each spring festival, I’d like to visit one temple fair<\/a><\/span><\/strong> to feel and touch the new year. My pick this year is to visit the temple fair inside Chaoyang Park since I’ve heard a lot about this special temple fair which claims its difference from a traditional one. It is supposed to be an Ocean People ( \u6d0b\u4eba foreigners ) temple fair.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Situated in the northeast of Beijing, Chaoyang Park is the largest city park\u00a0in\u00a0Asia.\u00a0The park has four gates with its main gate in the south.\u00a0So I take a taxi to the south gate of Chaoyang Park. I’m happy with my decision to take a taxi instead of driving my own car seeing the gate packed with hordes of visitors.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The gate decoration and the huge signboard by the\u00a0gate tell me that\u00a0this temple fair<\/a><\/span><\/strong> in Chaoyang Park has its trendy and exotic name “Beijing Chaoyang International Spring Carnival”. The “Carnival” of this kind started in the year 2002, so this year is the 10th Beijing Chaoyang International Spring Carnival. So it is a carnival, not a temple fair?<\/p>\n

<\/span>The carnival is valid Jan 23-28, 2012, from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Entrance fee: RMB 10. The entrance ticket sample.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The Southern Gate of Chaoyang Park festively decorated.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Southern Gate of Chaoyang Park festively decorated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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A huge Chinese character “Spring” in front of the gate, a photographic spot.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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A huge Chinese character – Spring – in front of the gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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I spend 2 hours wandering around the park to discover the difference between Chaoyang Temple Fair<\/a><\/span><\/strong> (or officially named “carnival”). Beijing Chaoyang International Spring Carnival is composed of five theme parts – Foreign Performances, Foreign Stalls, Amusement, Games, and Traditional Snacks.<\/p>\n

So what differentiate from\u00a0a traditional temple fair is that\u00a0Chaoyang Carnival\u00a0has Foreign Performances, Foreign Stalls, which turn out to be a little bit disappointed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Foreign Performances
\n<\/span><\/strong>Foreign singers and music bands are invited to perform during the temple fair<\/span><\/strong> <\/a>in Chaoyang Park\u00a0on two stages – Lihua Stage and Grass Stage, plus Street Art. The huge signboard by the gate shows the whole day schedule for the performances.\u00a0T<\/span>he foreign singer is putting on a performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The foreign singer is putting on a performance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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On another stage, actors from Russia present an interesting performance.<\/span><\/div>\n
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actors from Russia present an interesting performance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Foreign Stalls<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Actually there are very few foreign stalls. I see two, one from Bulgaria, the other from Greece. The stall from Bulgaria is organized by Embassy of Bulgaria, promoting its local red wines. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Red Wine from Bulgaria<\/span><\/div>\n
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Red Wine from Bulgaria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Amusement<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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Kids will definitely like the carnival since Chaoyang Park has a special zone allocated for\u00a0amusement and recreation. The recreation zone has a wide variety of amusement facilities as well as a small\u00a0lake for skating or playing on ice.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Having a panoramic view of Beijing city by taking a parachute.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Having a panoramic view of Beijing city by taking a parachute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Kids excited with Worm Tackle<\/span><\/div>\n
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Kids excited with Worm Tackle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Rickety chair-skating\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Rickety chair-skating<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Play Games<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
Temple fair have become part of daily life during spring festival. In each temple fair, various games are not to be missed. In Chaoyang Park this year, a bunch of games are there for visitors to choose. <\/span><\/div>\n
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Hook a neck of a beer glass and you get a gift<\/span><\/div>\n
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Hook a neck of a beer glass and you get a gift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Pick a gold ingot<\/span><\/div>\n
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Pick Gold Ingot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Shoot a basketball<\/span><\/div>\n
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Shoot a basketball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Shoot a bow<\/span><\/div>\n
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shoot a bow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Traditional Beijing snacks<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
The magnet of a temple fair<\/strong> is the various kinds of Beijing local snacks available for people to enjoy. Rows of food stalls are scattered neatly in the park.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Mass eating in front of various traditional snack stalls<\/span><\/div>\n

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Mass eating in front of various traditional snack stalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Twist Potato from South Korea<\/span><\/div>\n
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Twist Potato from South Korea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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More interesting photos from Chaoyang Temple Fair<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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The road is packed with visitors and lined up with games stalls<\/span><\/div>\n
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The road is packed with visitors and lined up with games stalls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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A huge bow<\/span><\/div>\n
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A huge bow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
A sky of kites<\/span><\/div>\n
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A sky of kites<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The\u00a0spirit of the capital Beijing: patriotism, Innovation, Tolerance, and Morality<\/span><\/div>\n
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The spirit of the capital Beijing – patriotism, Innovation, Tolerance, and Morality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Add On<\/strong>
\nBeijing Spring Festival Tour <\/a>
\nBeijing Events, Holiday and Festivals <\/a><\/p>\n

Any questions, just drop a line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plan your Beijing trip during spring festival? Visiting a temple fair is a must. For each spring festival, I’d like to visit one temple fair to feel and touch the new year. My pick this year is to visit the temple fair inside Chaoyang Park since I’ve heard a lot about this special temple fair…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[610],"tags":[1560,1559,1558],"class_list":["post-7961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-new-year","tag-beijing-chaoyang-international-spring-carnival","tag-chaoyang-park-temple-fair","tag-chaoyang-temple-fair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7961"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20083,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7961\/revisions\/20083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}