New Year Temple Fair in Beijing

Featuring all kinds of Chinese folk art, New Year Temple Fair in Beijing attracts thousands of tourists every year from all over the world. Held around the Spring Festival, New Year Temple Fair in Beijing is a grand affair worth watching during Tours to China, in case you happen to visit Beijing during the New Year time. Origin of New Year Temple Fair in Beijing can be traced back to the Liao Dynasty (916-1125). bodytext3 than 10 temple fairs are held in Beijing every year and the New Year Temple Fair in Beijing is no wonder one of the most popular amongst them. New Year Temple Fair in Beijing is said to have its origin in the ancient "she sacrifice", a traditional ritual of offering sacrifices at the Altars of the Gods of Earth.

Indicating the coming of the Year of Pig, New Year Temple Fair in Beijing is expected to be even bodytext3 exciting in 2009. Like the past years, it will be inaugurated with the traditional lion dancing and drum beating. Chinese wearing colorful masks and dancing and musicians performing at the New Year Temple Fair in Beijing are all part and parcel of the New Year in Beijing. Come the Year of Pig in 2009 and you will see a display of pigs greeting visitors at the New Year Temple Fair in Beijing.

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