Stroll in a Miao Hui (逛庙会)

March 4th, 2007 Filed under English entries, Life, Travel

@ 2007-03-04 23:09

I almost decided to write this entry in Chinese, because many things in this entry would be very difficult to express in English. But I decide to stick with English, finally, to continue the custom I’ve built these days. OK, now let me begin this entry on Miao Hui, in English.

On Feb the 20th (that’s the third day after lunar new year’s eve, 初三 in Chinese), I went to the Long Tan Miao Hui (龙潭庙会) together with my sister. In fact this is our first time to a Miao Hui. There are dozens of Miao Hui in Beijing during China lunar new year. The Long Tan Miao Hui named after the venue where it occurs, the Long Tan Park (龙潭公园).

Generally speaking, a Miao Hui is market filled with various snacks and interesting toys and performance, all of them come in a traditional style. My pictures will take you through all of these.

First, let’s have an overview of the Miao Hui. Since a Miao Hui is always held to celebrate the new year, red lanterns and auspicious characters like “福” (means happy) and “春” (means spring) are necessary to decorate. There are so many people, many are parents with kid, that I began to worried about whether the park can bear so many people.

There are many interesting things in the Miao Hui, toys for kids and parents, gambles, sedan and etc.

Traditional snacks of Beijing and other provinces are hot sellers here. I think you are willing to taste most of them except for the fried insects. I bought myself a bowl of Yang Za Soup (made of inside of a lamb, 羊杂汤) and several strings of lamb, very delicious.