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Come and celebrate the Chinese New Year with delicious food, wonderful performances and amazing folk customs together! Temple Fairs. Ditan Temple Fair. Visitors will immerse themselves in exploring China's rich and diverse dietary culture and appreciate a series of innovative "New Year gifts". Time: January 29 to February 4, 2025. Location Many people go to Beijing's traditional temple fairs during the Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) for ritual praying, entertainment, snacks, and buying crafts. They are a great opportunity to experience local culture and traditions. Below is a list of the 10 best temple fairs in Beijing. (Dates and times are approximate based on previous years. Changdian Temple Fair is used to be the largest and the most prestigious activity in Beijing with a history of 400 years, it has always been a civilian-targeted festival activity. It functions as a shopping center during the Chinese New Year. Time: Feb. 10 – Feb. 14, 2024 (the 1st to the 5th day of the first lunar month) Ticket: Free Temple fairs are an essential (and super fun) part of Chinese New Year traditions. It’s a mix of traditions, entertainment, shopping and snacking all wrapped up in CNY festivities. If you’re attending one for the first time, here’s what you can anticipate. First of all, despite the name, they don’t take place in temples. Beijing, a city steeped in history and modernity, transforms into a vibrant hub of festivity during Chinese New Year (Also known as Spring Festival).For first-time visitors pondering over “How to spend Spring Festival in Beijing,” this guide is a treasure trove of activities that encapsulate the essence of Chinese New Year 2025 in Beijing, the Year of the Snake. After a long hiatus due to the pandemic, temple fairs (春节庙会 Chūnjié Miàohuì), an integral part of the Chinese New Year holiday, have been reopened in Beijing. Temple fairs were originally cancelled back in 2020 when the initial Covid outbreak hit China, and since then it's been a long three years for them to come back. 2024 Ditan Temple Fair: February 11-16. The Ditan Temple Fair typically takes place during the Spring Festival, coinciding with the Lunar New Year celebrations. Exact dates vary each year based on the lunar calendar, so it’s essential to check the local event schedule for precise timing. Generally, the fair lasts for several days, offering Among the temple fairs in Beijing, this is the only one focusing on "Dream of the Red Chamber", one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature. "Yuanchun Coming Home" is a unique program of this annual temple fair, which is a grand performance that depicts the big scene of Jia Yuanchun's homecoming as portrayed in the original novel. Beijing’s numerous temple fairs make essential visiting for those wanting to get a feel for traditional Spring Festival celebrations.. Dotted across the capital, the fairs are usually held from the first day of the lunar new year, varying in duration, some continuing until the Lantern Festival (15th day of the lunar calendar’s first month). Heading to a temple fair is one of the oldest traditions for people in Beijing to spend the Chinese New Year. The Chinese capital has announced that all temple fairs will be fully restored over the festive season after some suspended activities throughout the pandemic. Huang Yue reports. Location: Beijing Garden Expo Park. Ditan Temple Fair. The Beijing offices of the other provincial administrative divisions in China will be invited to hold a grand bazaar featuring gastronomical surprises from across the country. Time: January 29 to February 4, 2025. Location: Ditan Park. Yanqi Lake's First Chinese New Year Music Lantern Festival Beijing Universal Resort. Universal Beijing Resort launched a themed event in February, 2025. During the event, visitors will have an unique experience of the Spring Festival with decorations throughout the park, such as red lanterns and red couplets, new New Year-themed entertainment performances, food and drinks full of the "Flavor of the Chinese New Year". The Ditan Park Temple Fair is in full swing in Beijing. The festival features colorful decorations, traditional performances, snacks, and other cultural festivities to celebrate the Year of the Dragon. Like elsewhere in the world, temple fairs (Miao Hui) originated and developed as groups of vendors did business near temples when many pilgrims came to pay tribute to the gods during traditional festivals. Now there are over 10 major temple fairs held each year in Beijing during Chinese new year. Temple Fairs are the best thing about Chinese New Year in Beijing, but you have to pick the right ones. We had the most incredible time at the Ditan Park Temple Fair. We loved hustling through the crowds to buy tickets, walking through streets adorned with hundreds of lanterns, and watching the performances, even though we had no clue what was People are celebrating the first day of the Lunar New Year, one of the most celebrated holidays in China. CGTN takes you on a visit to a temple fair, one of the traditions of the holiday. Price: RMB 60 BSB Sanlitun Chinese New Year Temple Fair 2024 Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with friends and family at the BSB Sanlitun Temple Fair, where you’ll get to enjoy face changing and Kung Fu performances, lion and dragon dances, traditional arts and crafts, and a lot more. This event is open for all. During the Chinese Spring Festival holiday period, one of the biggest celebrations in Beijing is the temple fairs. For Beijingers, this is also the leading custom and a traditional activity during the first week of the first lunar month. Temple fairs are a blend of both history and society. Nowadays For the first time, Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei will host a synchronized New Year's Eve countdown on Dec. 31, with main venues at Beijing's Shougang Park, Tianjin's Drum Tower Square, and Hebei's In the heart of Beijing’s vibrant cultural tapestry lies a time-honored tradition that beckons families to partake in the joyous festivities of the Chinese New Year – the annual Temple Fairs. It’s a place to explore traditional performances, eat local treats, and soak up the festivities of the holiday season.
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