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Regarding the origin of the temple fair in Anyang Bridge, the Annals of Beiguan District of Anyang City records that "Guandi Temple was built in the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty". According to the oral tradition of the villagers in Anyang Bridge Village, "the temple fair in Anyang Bridge originated in the Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty". The prosperity of Anyang Bridge Temple Fair is closely related to the economic prosperity of Ming Dynasty, especially in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the development of commodity economy and the rise of grain transportation in Anyang Bridge brought about the commercial prosperity of Anyang Bridge. And in the development process of Anyang Bridge Temple Fair, the center (temple) around the temple fair is also changing. It turns out that there is a Dawang Temple at the southern end of Anyang Bridge. On the 16th day of the first month, people gathered here from all directions to burn incense and kowtow, accompanied by some vendors, selling some children to juggle. The villagers in Anyang Bridge Village said that the temple fair on the 16th day of the first month in Anyang Bridge Village evolved from kowtowing to worship the gods. From this perspective, Anyang Bridge Temple Fair was originally a temple fair to worship the "king". As mentioned earlier, there are three temples in the village of Anyang Bridge, the Dawang Temple with stone archway at the south end, the Laoye Temple at the south end of the bridge and the Guandi Temple at the southeast end of the bridge. The three temples are distributed in a triangle, and each temple is filled with incense. Anyang Bridge is the only channel connecting the North-South official road (Imperial Road) in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it is the main artery of north-south traffic. To the east of Anyang Bridge, ships can enter the Weihe River. After transferring to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, they can go north to Tianjin, a major town in the north. With the development of commodity economy in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Anyang River was developed, and Anyang Bridge became the main waterway. There is a waterproof warehouse on the east bank of Anyang Bridge, which is convenient for docking ships. The warehouse stores a large number of necessities such as grain, oil, coal and wood. Every day, iron wheelbarrows, unicycles and porters shuttle back and forth between Anyang Bridge and various markets in the city. There are grocery stores, grain shops, noodle shops, inns, barbershops, pubs and small vendors with daily necessities on the bridge (village) street in Anyang. Anyang Bridge once became a commodity distribution center, with prosperous economy and numerous businesses. In order to protect their safety and prosperity, boatmen and businessmen around Anyang Bridge set up a kowtowing temple fair on the 16th day of the first lunar month. It seems that the rise of Anyang Bridge Temple Fair is not to meet the needs of commodity trade, but to meet the needs of faith. At that time, the temple fair was in front of Dawang Temple, on the road west of the stone archway of Dawang Temple, and the area of the temple fair was not large.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the temple fair of Anyang Bridge moved to Guandi Temple on the northeast bank of Anyang Bridge. At that time, Guandi was worshipped as a god of wealth. Businessmen and rich people raised funds to build the largest theater in Anyang in front of Guandi Temple to ensure prosperity. During the temple fairs on January 16th and May 23rd, the villagers invited the troupe to sing in the theater, while the common people watched the drama on the river slope.

The temple fair of Anyang Bridge in the Republic of China had a considerable scale. According to 1933 "Continuation of Anyang County Records", "sports meeting", referred to as sports meeting, venue and Chengguan town, is almost everywhere. The duration is about the 8th, 9th, 16th and 28th of the first month. At that time, the goods will be sold in one place. There are all kinds of farm tools, clothes, jewelry, mules and horses in the conference, which is called mule and horse conference. Its single, scattered beams, purlins, rafters and all kinds of wood are called tree planting conference; At the cigarette party where men and women gather in the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings, they only sell other commodities besides fragrant foil food. " After liberation, the stage in front of Guandi Temple was demolished, and the village committee of Anyang Bridge built a new stage on the old temple in the south of the village. Anyang Bridge Temple Fair moved to the vicinity of Laoye Temple in Nanding. The temple fair sings for one day. In the Laoye Temple in Nanding, there are livestock and farm tools trading markets in the east and daily necessities trading and snack markets in the west. The temple fair is getting bigger and bigger. During the temple fair on the 16th day of the first month, folk art programs were staged in various streets and villages to celebrate and wish prosperity and good harvest in the coming year.