{"id":8027,"date":"2012-01-27T15:22:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T07:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=8027"},"modified":"2016-11-16T03:35:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T19:35:27","slug":"2012-longtan-temple-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/china-travel\/chinese-new-year\/2012-longtan-temple-fair","title":{"rendered":"Longtan Temple Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Longtan Temple Fair\u00a0has been\u00a0my favorite. The reason for my\u00a0affection is many-fold, including its short distance to my residential area, it spacious area since the temple fair is located in Longtan Lake Park and its richness in offering various festival activities.<\/p>\n

Longtan Temple Fair has entered its 29th year since it was first held in 1983. From last year, it added Ice and Snow activities for the temple fair,<\/span> which had its official name “The First Longtan Park Winter Carnival” .\u00a0Part of the Longtan\u00a0Lake was turned into an ice and snow playground just behind the north gate of Longtan Lake Park. This year the Second\u00a0Longtan Park Winter Carnival is held together with Longtan Temple Fair.<\/span><\/p>\n

Its main activities include new year product shopping, games playing, eating local snacks and amusement for kids. For many temple fair goers,\u00a0 each year any temple fair<\/span> comes to them without\u00a0little surprises and or freshness. So why come to a temple fair again\u00a0 year on year? It is the atmosphere, it is the huge hordes of people that attract people to come to a temple fair. Here, you feel the new year, here you touch the new year, here you expect some hope for future.<\/p>\n

Now we buy online, we eat online, we talk online, we write each other online, we do business online\u00a0and the list can be much longer. But we are human beings and we need real world network, not just virtual interaction. Under the background of internet era, we need something like a temple fair<\/span> to remind us that we are human beings.<\/p>\n

Follow me to the Longtan Temple Fair to celebrate the new year\u3002
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Follow the happy kid to the temple fair<\/span><\/div>\n
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Follow the happy kid to the temple fair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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The huge Chinese character “\u798f” sign wishing everybody happy and healthy in the new year.<\/span><\/div>\n
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So many people and you have to move with the people flow<\/span><\/div>\n
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So many people and you have to move with the people flow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Kids like to enjoy\u00a0a pirate ship<\/span><\/div>\n
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Kids like to enjoy a pirate ship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Balloon Dart game<\/span><\/div>\n
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balloon Dart game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Intoxicated<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Intoxicated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Have a cup of tea from a huge copper tea pot<\/span><\/p>\n

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Have a cup of tea from a huge copper tea pot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Xinjiang\u00a0Uyghur Kebabs<\/span><\/div>\n
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Xinjiang Uyghur Kebabs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Do you dare to try? Fired Scorpions!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Fired Scorpions!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Have a bit<\/span><\/div>\n
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Have a bit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Sugar coasted haws and res lanterns<\/span><\/div>\n
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Sugar coasted haws and res lanterns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
A foreigner with a dragon hat is lost in the sea of people<\/span><\/div>\n
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A foreigner with a dragon hat drops is lost in the sea of people<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Tip : Hassle-free Beijing Guided Winter Tours
\n<\/strong>If you don\u2019t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,\u00a0 here are some options for guided tours to Beijing in winter:<\/p>\n

Mutianyu Great Wall + Beijing Huaibei International Ski Resort Day Tour<\/a>\u00a0 from US$79 p\/p
\n<\/span>Beijing Winter Downtown Day Tour<\/a>\u00a0 from US$65 p\/p
\n<\/span>Beijing Nanshan Ski Day Tour<\/a>\u00a0 from US$89 p\/p
\n<\/span>Beijing 4 Day Winter Tour Package<\/a>\u00a0 from US$275 p\/p
\n<\/span>Beijing 5 Day Winter Tour Package<\/a>\u00a0 from US$369 p\/p<\/span><\/p>\n

Further Readings<\/h2>\n
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Top Things to Do in Beijing in the Winter<\/a><\/p>\n

Top 10 Attractions in Beijing<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Forbidden City<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Temple of Heaven<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Summer Palace<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Ming Tombs<\/a>
\nHow to Visit the Great Wall of China<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Tiananmen Square<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Hutongs<\/a>
\nHow to Visit Olympic Sites<\/a><\/p>\n

Top 10 Markets in Beijing<\/a>
\nTop 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing<\/a>
\nBeijing Shopping<\/a><\/p>\n

Wangfujing Night Snack Street<\/a>
\nQianmen Commercial Street<\/a>
\nBeijing Huguosi Street<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Longtan Temple Fair\u00a0has been\u00a0my favorite. The reason for my\u00a0affection is many-fold, including its short distance to my residential area, it spacious area since the temple fair is located in Longtan Lake Park and its richness in offering various festival activities. Longtan Temple Fair has entered its 29th year since it was first held in 1983….<\/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":[1569,1568,807,1567],"class_list":["post-8027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chinese-new-year","tag-29th-longtan-park-temple-fair","tag-29th-longtan-temple-fair","tag-longtan-park-temple-fair","tag-longtan-temple-fair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=8027"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21557,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8027\/revisions\/21557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}