The annual Dongyue Temple Fair of Mount Tai will be held during April 29- May 6 at Dai Temple in Tai'an. Here are some items visitors may love.
Performances
From April 29 to May 6, performances of martial arts (武术),traditional music, Chinese folk art forms and local operas will be put on stage. Visitors can lift their spirits by watching long boxing and nunchakus(双节棍) performances or listening to the music played by guqin, a seven-stringed zither, and the bamboo flute.
Folk-custom activities
Visitors to the temple fair can also enjoy themselves by admiring folk-custom activities held from April 29 to May 6.
There will be exhibitions of traditional handicrafts and paper cutting works that were collected and selected by non- governmental organizations. Performers will also show traditional Chinese costumes at a garden party.
Cultural activities
If the visitors want to enjoy the cultural atmosphere at the temple fair, they can get a close look at bamboo engraving art at Peitian Gate where more than 70 pieces of engraving art are exhibited from April 28 to May 22.
Trade activities
If people want to buy Mount Tai specialties,they won't be disappointed, for trade shows will be held during the temple fair. Tea, tourism products ,donkey-hide -gelatin, rare stones and root carvings will be showed and on sale.