Wuxi Taibo Temple Fair Activity Raiders Address+Time+Traffic Guide

Wuxi Taibo Temple Fair is an annual grand event in the local area, which attracts more than 1, people around it every year. The event is to commemorate Wu Taibo, the founder of the State of Wu, and it is also a celebration of ancient ancestors, adding more festive activities after the Spring Festival. Here is a detailed list of temple fair sacrificial activities.

activity time

February 12-February 19, 28 (from the eighth day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month)

1. Taibo Family Festival

2. The launching ceremony of the new Wu Meili global tourism of "integrating Wu, visiting temple fairs and being the most south of the Yangtze River"

3. Folk art exhibition in Wu < Civic culture week activities

8. Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month

Highlights

Taibo Temple Fair is the first temple fair in the south of the Yangtze River in the new year, and it is also one of the temple fairs with the most historical origin and social influence in Wuxi.

In p>27, Taibo Temple Fair was approved as "the first batch of Wuxi intangible cultural heritage"; In 29, Taibo Temple Fair was listed as "Jiangsu Intangible Cultural Heritage"; At the end of 214, "Taibo Temple Fair" was listed on the national intangible cultural heritage list.

In the Spring Festival of 28, you must not miss the national intangible Taibo Temple Fair. A series of folk activities will be held in Wuxi Meicun, the first ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, so that you can feel the strongest flavor of the year during the Spring Festival!

Taibo Family Festival

Location: Taibo Temple to Dedian

Time: 8: a.m. on the eighth day of the first month

Traditional ancestor worship ceremony

On the morning of the eighth day of the first month of February 12, the annual Taibo Temple Fair officially kicked off in Taibo Temple's Taibo Family Festival, and representatives from all over the world gathered in Taibo Temple to Deda Hall, a national cultural protection unit.

traditional business activities will also officially start on the eighth day of the eighth year. at that time, hundreds of special stalls will gather around the whole Taibo temple, and all kinds of goods will be dazzling, with food and play, which is definitely the largest in Jiangnan area in the Year of the Dog Movement of 1898.

Folk Parade

Tour route arrangement: City Wall Square → Meili Road → Xinhua Road → Taibo Avenue → Xinyou Road → Meili Road → City Wall Square

Time: the ninth day of the first month (.2.13 9: 3 a.m.

Content: As an important part of national intangible cultural heritage projects, the folk parade team is mainly composed of emblem, dragon and lion dance team and intangible cultural heritage team.

Lion Dance Team

Lion dance is an excellent folk art in our country. Every festival or assembly celebration, the folk always use lion dance to entertain. This team is composed of four mighty lions to entertain the folk parade of Taibo Temple Fair.

dragons and phoenixes are auspicious

In the traditional culture of China, dragons and phoenixes represent good luck, and there is a custom of dragon dancing everywhere in the New Year. This year, we invited two dragons and one phoenix to form a "dragon and phoenix auspicious" team to add a strong festive atmosphere to the first temple fair in the South of the Yangtze River in the Spring.

Walking on stilts

Walking on stilts is a unique skill in northern Henan, which is a plastic art with wood as the frame and iron as the core. It is more than 7 meters high and mostly has three floors. There are 12 people on the first floor, wearing red scarves and colorful clothes, walking on stilts of 1.5 meters. Four people take turns to lift the pavilion, and the rest are on both sides to protect the pavilion. The second and third floors are all a certain shape of classical drama, which has strong appreciation.

Flower Basket Spring Festival

The Flower Basket Spring Festival Team in Xiangmeiyi Community was established in November 29. The whole team is composed of retired aunts from all corners of the community, and the props used are also made by their own hands. Picking a flower basket is one of the folk performances. The performers sometimes shoulder the basket and tread lightly with the beat. Sometimes, the flowers basket is raised with both hands, and various dance steps are performed, which drives the flowers basket to fly up and down, expressing the joy of farmers' harvest and the passion of welcoming the spring!

Meili Intangible Heritage Team

Meili Intangible Heritage Team is composed of the intangible heritage items of Meicun (erhu art and Qingshui oil gluten selected as provincial intangible heritage items, Xiao Ayi's wine brewing, Qian's ancient wine brewing selected as municipal intangible heritage items, Cai Ashui mutton and Wudi specialty foods (Maotangqiao pig's head meat, Sanrang dumplings, floats with minced meat noodles in Qishan, Shaanxi, and shoulder poles). The team vividly shows the tip of the tongue by combining static and dynamic.

Liyuan Spring Color

Liyuan Spring Color Team consists of 12 older generation tin opera performers from Meijing Second Community. The team insists on inheriting the intangible culture, promoting the art of tin opera, serving the community at the grassroots level and close to the people, and sending the art of tin opera to the masses. In recent years, with the care and support of the Cultural Center and the concerted efforts of all teachers and students, many excerpts from classic tin operas have been released, including Butterfly Lovers, Fish and Water between the Army and the People, Double Push Mill, Comfort, etc., and they have participated in many street performances and have been well received by people from all walks of life.

Sound of Drum Music

The Drum Music Team is an important part of enriching the cultural life of residents in the community. It is a level waist drum team, which was established in 28. Since its establishment, it has gradually matured with the concerted efforts of the community and the team aunts. The average age of the aunts is 65 years old, and they are all retired aunts. At present, there are more than 3 people. Since their birth, the drum sound team has brought endless attraction, and everyone has lived a colorful life together.

Zhide lineage surname

Taibo was praised as "Zhide" by Confucius, while Taibo's original surname was "Ji". According to research, the surnames derived from Ji's surname are all Zhide lineage surnames. There are more than 2,4 surnames bred by Zhou Ji, and 347 surnames such as Wu, Hong, Zhou and Cai are still used. The surname team from the second community of Taibo to the German lineage is the surname of the descendants of Taibo, which means that Meicun will actively carry forward the excellent and splendid national culture of the Chinese nation by relying on China's "German" culture and closely following the main theme of the times.

Zodiac

The zodiac, also known as the twelve zodiac signs, is used by some ethnic groups in China and East Asia to represent the year of birth, which matches the twelve earthly branches. Each zodiac has rich legends, which form a concept interpretation system and become an image philosophy in folk culture, such as the zodiac sign in marriage, temple prayer, animal year and so on. Smart mouse, bull, white-fronted tiger, long-legged rabbit, green snake, snow-white horse, sword-horn sheep, red-faced monkey, colorful chicken, flower-tailed dog and big-eared pig symbolize the traditional virtues of Meili people's wisdom, diligence and simplicity.

Splendid Dragon Boat

Gorgeous dragon boats, palace lanterns and cattail leaf fans make up an eye-catching splendid dragon boat, which symbolizes peace and health, and is the bring up the rear team of this parade.

Wudi Folk Art Exhibition

Location: the south plot of Meili Middle Road

Time: .2.12-19 (from the eighth day of the first month to the tenth day of the first month

Content: Folk art woodcarving exhibition and live stunt performance by folk artists.

Meili Famous and Excellent Agricultural Products Exhibition

Location: the plot on the south side of Meili Middle Road

Time: .2.12-16 (from the eighth day of the first month to the twelfth day of the first month

Content: The "Meili Famous and Excellent Agricultural Products Exhibition" with Wuxi Agriculture Committee and Wuxi Supply and Marketing Cooperatives as business guidance units will not only have special products from our Jiangnan area, but also come from Taibo's hometown.

Excellent Works Exhibition of "Wu Yun Mei Li" Photography Competition

Location: Daxia Hall of Taibo Temple

Time: from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month

Content: With the theme of "Wu Yun Mei Li", according to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, it fully shows the achievements in spiritual civilization construction, economic construction and social development of Meicun Street in Xinwu District. And the 1 outstanding works that won the award will be displayed.

Civic Culture Week

Location: Erhu Cultural Park in Meicun Street, Zhonghua Decheng Square

Time: the 9th to 15th day of the first month

Content: A series of cultural activities will be held from the 9th to 15th day of the first month to enrich the residents' lives.

For specific activities, please click on Wuxi Taibo Temple Fair Cultural Week

Traditional business activities

Location: inside the wall of Zhonghua Decheng Square, the ancient capital of Meili

Time: from the eighth day of the first month to the twelfth day of the first month

Content: As the most popular and important part of Taibo Temple Fair, there are hundreds of traditional business stalls here, and tens of thousands of kinds of goods are dazzling, and some are delicious! The whole traditional business activities will continue until the twelfth day of the first month. At the same time, there is also an exhibition of folk unique skills in the south of the Yangtze River. Wuxi-level intangible cultural relics are all on display: Little Auntie Brewing, Qian's Ancient Brewing, and Erhu Lantern Festival made by national masters

Location: Zhonghua Decheng Square, the ancient capital of Meili

Time: the 15th day of the first month (2.19 at 6: p.m.

Content: traditional China folk programs, with lanterns on the 15th day of the first month.

Activity Raiders

Temple Fair Time: February 12-February 19, 28 (the eighth day of the first month-the fifteenth day of the first month

Among them: February 13, 28 (the ninth day of the first month, Taibo Temple Fair and the launching ceremony of Xinwu Global Tourism

Temple Fair Location: Zhonghua Decheng Square, Meicun Street, Xinwu District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, etc.

Map of Temple Fair

Distribution of scenic spots in Meili Ancient Town (8 functional areas

1. Taibo Ancient Temple Area, with Taibo Temple as the core, with Zhide Square in the south and Wu Ancestral Hall in the north. On the ninth day of the first month of each year, Taibo Temple Fair is famous all over the world.

2. Meili Food District, where famous brand catering enterprises are concentrated.

3. In Zhide Club District, traditional and modern elements such as city walls, turrets, waterfalls and so on are used to make visitors feel the unique charm of the south of the Yangtze River.

4. Meili Ancient Town, Meihua Street, Meihuabang Street, Sanrang Street and other old streets and lanes, through silk weaving workshops, farming gardens and piano workshops, show the folk customs and folk customs of Wu. Through Jiange and Yejianfang, Zhuan Zhu's program of stabbing Wang Liao was performed to reflect the "chivalrous culture".

5. Meili Leisure Area is equipped with KTV, bars, tea bars, cafes, western restaurants, etc., so that tourists can enjoy the modern leisure life in the thick ancient meaning.

6. Meili amorous feelings area, also known as Degong Scenic Area, is a concentrated exhibition area of "Wu culture" and "German culture", and the water surface is used to create a scenic spot of Shuigong. On the north side of the German Palace, the tallest building in the ancient capital area-Zhide Building is set up. Set up ancient prose platform, Jingcun Manxiang, Shuijun Wharf, Sanshen Temple and other scenic spots.

7. In Bodu Tourist Area, the first artificial canal in the south of the Yangtze River-Bodu River, Yefangbang, Miaobang, Meihuabang and other water systems are taken as tour routes, so that visitors can experience the characteristics of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River.

8. Meili residential area, which shows the typical houses in the south of the Yangtze River.

Address

Traffic Guide

Bus Guide

No.19, No.19 Express Line

Metro Line 1 → No.116, No.777, No.18, No.129 and other

stations need to walk for a certain distance after getting off, and some bus lines will be adjusted during the festival.

go on road trip Guide

Direction of downtown Wuxi: fast inner ring-Xinhua Road-Meili Ancient Capital

Shanghai direction: Huning Expressway-Wuxi Airport Exit-Xinyun South Road-Meili Middle Road-Meili Ancient Capital

Nanjing direction: Huning Expressway-Wuxi Airport Exit-Xinyun South Road-Meili Middle Road-