National Tide 1980.

Chapter 784
In the old age, there were not only many temple fairs and temple markets in the capital, but each had its own characteristics.

Although many people are stupid and confused, there are still obvious differences between temple fairs and temple markets.

Temple fairs are mainly for offering incense, and temple markets are mainly for selling goods.

Moreover, the time cycles of the two are different. Temple fairs are held once a year, while temple fairs are held every month.

First, let’s talk about the temple fairs in the capital that focus on offering incense.

The first one in line is Laoye Temple in Qianmen Urn City.

The so-called Laoye Temple is actually the Guandi Temple. The old people in the capital called Guandi "Lord".

Speaking of which, there are actually more than 100 Laoye temples in Beijing, but the one in Qianmen Wengcheng is the most special.

Because of the whole year, it opens the temple on the first day of the first lunar month.

This kind of "scarcity" makes Guandi here particularly proud and clean.

Everyone felt that since the "lords" here do not care about folk incense, they are naturally impartial.

Since there is no malpractice for personal gain, it must be effective.

So in terms of time, there will never be an earlier temple fair than this one.

The incense here can also be said to be the most prosperous among all the Laoye temples in the whole capital.

Every year after New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month, people from all over the capital, regardless of whether they are south or north, east or west, will flock to the Laoye Temple in Qianmen Urn City to offer incense.

Because there are too many people, there is no way to burn incense according to the rules to offer incense to Emperor Guan here. People just throw incense into the incense pool.

As a result, the flames in the incense pond were two or three feet high, and they continued all the time.

In addition to the Guandi Temple, during the first month, people in the capital also go to the Wuxian Temple of Wealth.

The five Gods of Wealth refer to the five great thieves who acted chivalrously and robbed the rich and helped the poor——Cao Renguang, Liu Yiguang, Li Chengguang, Ge Xinguang and Zhang Zhiguang.

Therefore, this temple fair is naturally close to the people, and the most famous activities are "picking money" and "borrowing ingots".

In order to get rich, everyone scrambles to participate in the festival to get auspicious.

In addition, during the first month, there are Baiyunguan temple fairs and Yonghegong temple fairs in Beijing.

Baiyun Temple is based on the "Shun Xing" on the eighth day of the first lunar month, and people go to the Xingxiu Hall to worship the natal star as the main activity.

The Lama Temple is full of lamas, and people go there from the 29th of the first lunar month to the first day of February, mainly to watch the Tibetan Buddhist custom - lamas fighting ghosts.

In March, it was the turn of the Pantao Palace Temple Fair.

This temple fair is famous for its many gods and stalls.

In addition to the statues in the temples, people in the capital pay homage to the relief sculptures in the temples.

From the Tathagata of the Western Paradise, the Queen Mother, to all kinds of gods.

The market in front of the temple also faintly echoes it.

Not only are there a lot of local food, but also toys for children, daily necessities and clothing, and there are also a lot of performers.

It sounds like gods from all walks of life came to the meeting.

Therefore, although the Pantao Palace in the past was small, it was well-known all over the country, not just in the capital.

In March, there is also a dust-dusting meeting at Dongyue Temple.

Although Dongyue Temple is most famous for the 76 Divisions of Hell.

Going up the mountain of knives, going down the frying pan, holding a pillar of fire, being struck by lightning, rolling nails, cutting tongues...

The entire temple is completely a scene of hell, which looks a little scary, making people afraid to stop.

But don't forget, there is also Yuelao Temple here.

In the past, if someone's son was still unmarried in his twenties, the parents had to come to Dongyue Temple to buy red thread, and beg Yuexia Laoer to match their son with marriage.

So this temple fair is still very close to the people.

In addition, the water passing through Qihuamen (Chaoyangmen) is Tonghui River water. Many lotus root and water chestnuts were sold in this temple fair, all of which were dug nearby.

It is even more in line with the good omen of "a perfect couple", ensuring the prosperity of the incense.

In April, people in the capital pay attention to going to the temple fair in Miaofeng Mountain.

Because of the long distance, people have to ride a donkey or take a bus when they leave Xizhimen, just like a spring outing.

Along the way, in addition to watching the endless spring scenery, visiting the tea sheds, and seeing the pious pilgrims kowtowing along the way, you can also see the "old clubs" walking on stilts, carrying incense sticks, and beating gongs and drums to attend the meeting.

They are all Lianjiazi, and they love fighting each other.

Although according to the rules, the "old club" should be courteous to each other, but isn't it easy to pick a bone?
If you say you are not polite, you can fight.

So often you can see several "martial arts exchanges" along the way.

In the eyes of many people, anyone who is not a "old man" with a bruised nose and a swollen face is not a good man.

But after going up the mountain, you will be peaceful, and no one can do anything, even if you don't want to.

Otherwise, the "attached to the meeting" will lose face and will come forward to "discipline".

Think about it, as long as anyone who can organize the meeting activities, not only has money, but also has the ability to poke, they are all powerful.

In May, people in Beijing should go to the Reclining Buddha Temple for gatherings again.

Going there is not only to see the two generals Hengha and the Four Heavenly Kings, but also to touch the reclining Buddha.

There is a custom in the capital, where people feel uncomfortable, touch the reclining Buddha, touch the head for headache, and touch the feet for foot pain.

So the characteristic of this temple fair is that there are many patients.

No one knows whether it is in charge or not, anyway, people in the past believed it.

The Zhongding Temple Fair in June is a temple fair with a rural flavor, and it is also the home venue for "old associations" from all over the country to spend money to buy face.

Outside the temple gate, there are many sellers not only of agricultural tools, but also of agricultural and sideline products.

Even the tea sheds are sponsored by various "old associations", and pilgrims can drink for free.

At the same time, those "old clubs" also have a place where they can show off their skills in a fair manner, and they will take turns performing in the first hall of the temple.

What kind of five tiger sticks, Shaolin sticks, guns and knives...all of them.

Unlike the Miaofeng Mountain Temple Fair, there were fewer fights at this time, and it was purely literary comparisons.

The Jiangnan City God Temple is the most lively in July, and the most important thing is the city god's tour.

So this is a stilt competition among "old clubs" in various places, but it is also the easiest to fight with vindictiveness.

You know, everyone has to perform together, but the level is different, and the arena is in front of the temple, not in the temple.

The applause given by the crowd to varying degrees can easily arouse the emotions of the "old club".

People who can't afford to lose often like to pick quarrels and make troubles, and win or lose with their fists.

In addition, in the evening of this day, there is an activity of setting off lotus lanterns in the whole city to worship the ancestors.

There are nursery rhymes in the capital, lotus lanterns, lotus lanterns, lit today and thrown away tomorrow.

On this day, as long as there is water in the capital, Beihai, the moat, and Tonghui River, river lanterns will be put on.

In August, the temple fair of the Zaojun Temple will end the whole year.

Needless to say, Lord Stove is the patriarch of the cook and teahouse, so everyone in the catering industry must come to worship.

Then the food at this temple fair is more distinctive. Some village halls will honor the ancestors, and they will set up stalls in front of the temple to sell some special food.

Special tea and food in the teahouse industry will also be sold in front of the temple on this day.

And because the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, there are also many rabbit children.

After that, there will be no more temple fairs as soon as the weather cools down.

Because regardless of monks and nuns, the days of temple fairs should be chosen in spring, summer and autumn, which are pleasant days for traveling.

Holding temple fairs in winter, with the exception of the first lunar month and festivals, lacks a mass base at other times, which will definitely affect income.

As for the year-round festivals in the capital, which rotate according to the day every month, they are actually the four major temple fairs.

Every third is the Earth Temple, the fourth and fifth are the Baita Temple, the seventh and eighth are the Huguo Temple, and the ninth and tenth are the Longfu Temple.

The most notable feature of this kind of temple market is that there are stalls both inside and outside the temple.

Longfu Temple has the highest style.

In addition to a few old bookstores, there are also those who sell literature, calligraphy and paintings, jewelry and jade.

But it is mainly famous for the bird market, pigeon market, singing insects and flower market, which is equivalent to the flower and bird market in the past.

Baita Temple and Huguo Temple are in the middle.

There are a lot of department stores, but they are all the same, and they all focus on daily necessities.

The Earth Temple is the lowest grade, selling agricultural tools, agricultural by-products, and ordinary flowers.

If we really want to talk about the flower market, Tianqiao, and Changdian in the capital, these three places are special cases within special cases.

Because these three places are essentially born out of the temple market and have evolved over a long period of time.

The flower market evolved into a market because of the extinction of incense in the Huoshen Temple.

It is held every Thursday, the fourth day, the fourteenth day, and the 24th day of the new year.

They mainly sell silk flowers, velvet flowers, offering flowers, rouge gouache and other feminine products from the capital, as well as bamboo and willow mountain products.

To put it bluntly, the flower market is a place where older girls and younger daughters-in-law love to visit, and the male customers come with the female customers.

The origin of Tianqiao is similar to that of the flower market. It was originally a flea market in front of the Red Temple.

Because it was originally a poor place, serving only the poor, the overpass was not of a high level even though it was located in an old goods market in the capital.

At first, it was mainly the necessities of life, as well as scrap copper and iron, a bit like a place where junk collectors gather.

Later, it gradually evolved into a business of old glasses and clothing estimates, and Tianqiao began to prosper, and only then did it become a show business.

Therefore, in such a place, there are many hooligans who bully and dominate the market, there are many deceptive tiger stalls, and the food sold is unhygienic, and most of them are cheap.

Even the performances of artists are not popular, saying that they are "three vulgarities" can be regarded as beautification.

In fact, many of the flyover artists in the past refused female customers.

For example, the comic dialogue on the ground, which was popular at the time was persuaded in this way.

"Ladies please go away, what we are talking about is not human, don't dirty your ears."

Let's put it this way, people who visit the overpass, in addition to the idlers, the unemployed poor, the peasants who have moved to the city, are the cooks and kitchen workers in small workshops who go off work on the [-]th day of the Lunar New Year, as well as small local and foreign businessmen. business people.

Especially because it is next to the Eight Great Hutongs next to the overpass, this place is even more disgraceful and regarded as inferior by the upper class.

Let's put it this way, all the well-behaved families in the capital, no matter adults or children, men or women, are not allowed to come to the overpass.

If you want to relieve boredom and watch juggling, you can go to Chengnan Amusement Park near the overpass.

There are a lot of famous actors and actresses there, and there are special personnel to manage it.

Having said that, this is probably the reason why many people study the sky bridge, but they still can't find a result.

Because it is impossible for educated scholars to come.

When did you hear that people like Lu Xun, Zhang Henshui, and Liang Shiqiu visited the overpass?
The master with some status seems to be the one who was cheated by the eunuch like Tongzhi.

In fact, the reason why Tianqiao was able to reach its peak in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and became famous all over the country, there are really not so many mysteries.

It is because it is held every day, the consumption level is low, and the program is not taboo for meat and vegetables, so it is a good place for "just bad money".

Who made there were so many poor people back then, and most of them were illiterate.

Therefore, as far as the real situation is concerned, it is more appropriate to say that Tianqiao is a "paradise for the poor" rather than a paradise for the common people.

Of course, where there is low, there is high, and where there is vulgarity, there is elegance.

Changdian is a typical example that is completely opposite to Tianqiao. It is the only "cultural market" in Beijing.

Although Changdian Temple Fair is called a temple fair, it is not named after a temple.

Although it has the time attribute of a temple fair, it is held once a year in Haiwang Village Park, roughly from the first day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

However, in essence, it is a market that blends elegance and vulgarity, and blends business and entertainment.

Because the scope of the Changdian Temple Fair covers Liulichang, all the things that are related to culture are sold, and the route is high-end and elegant.

What jewelry and jade, antique calligraphy and painting, secondhand goods and books, the four treasures of the study...

In old age, the studios for selling calligraphy and painting had to stretch for a mile.

You know, the fake calligraphy and paintings piled up in the storehouses of the merchants all depend on the "cage" of the first month.

But there is no denying that there are treasures hidden in these second-hand goods.

Whoever has good eyesight can pick up the leak, buy Gu Yuexuan's snuff bottle, or rare ancient books, ancient paintings imitated by famous artists.

This is called "knowing heroes with discerning eyes", and there are many people who find high-quality goods.

Therefore, there are many foreigners who come here especially.

In fact, since the end of the Qing Dynasty, blond foreign devils and devil girls have been indispensable, and they have come to Changdian together to make a fuss.

In the period of the Republic of China, most of the people who visited Changdian were literati and celebrities.

After liberation, the temple fair in Changdian was still dominated by intellectuals.

So when it comes to this, we can roughly understand Ning Weimin's specific planning ideas for the two routes of the North Gate and East Gate for this Spring Festival Garden Party of the Temple of Heaven.

He just wants to move the former Changdian to the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and Danbi Bridge, so that these two places will become the old Haiwang Village Park.

No matter inside or outside the courtyard walls, the buildings are filled with books and the streets are filled with treasures.

It is good to use these high-quality goods to earn money from foreigners and upper-class people.

Otherwise, why only cars are allowed to park at the north gate and east gate?
Only bicycles can be parked at the west and south gates, not even motorcycles.

Ning Weimin's intention is to use this to differentiate the customer groups.

In fact, don't be afraid of being deserted, most people don't want to stop, and it's still something they can't wait for.

Because people who like these things need a relatively quiet environment.

There are too many people here, and enclosing each stall tightly will reduce the interest of real customers.

Of course, people who just want to be lively and don't like this kind of cultural atmosphere are destined not to be disappointed.

Because the two routes of the south gate and the west gate were designed by Ning Weimin for ordinary people.

Those who leave here will definitely find their fun once they pass through the Chengzhen Gate.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it was inspired by Kang Shude's description of the Changdian Temple Fair.

Ning Weimin also combined his own memories of the future Spring Festival temple fair.

It is equivalent to using the place of Tiantan Park, and a total of two festivals have been opened.

One is the temple market on the central axis line.

The other is the temple fair and folk entertainment centered on the Zhai Palace in the west.

In this way, no matter high-end or low-end, no matter elegant or popular, basically all of them are included.

It can almost meet the preferences of most people and catch all customers in one go.

Like now, among the three who came to the altar, the secretary and the deputy director clearly felt the charm of the high-end temple market, and they were a little immobile.

Among other things, just the booths on the outer wall of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests dazzled their eyes.

There are endless porcelain stalls, second-hand goods stalls, countless large and small book stalls, and special arts and crafts manufacturers one after another...

Which one is not worth taking a closer look at?

Porcelain, bronze, silver, second-hand goods, old books, old newspapers, bamboo carvings, wood carvings, stone carvings, tooth carvings, jade carvings, hair salons, badges, seals, pens and inks, paper, fans, paperweights, ink cartridges, inkstones, pen holders...

Those things, on the white cotton paper, opened the bag, and floated on a single pendulum, all of them are eye-catching and eye-catching, no matter what you look at...

The secretary and the deputy director walked around for half an hour without knowing it, and even if they just walked around, they still haven't finished half of it.

They were a little afraid to look at it, knowing that if they wanted to take a closer look, they might not be able to see all the goods on the stall in one day.

It is especially worth mentioning that both the secretary and the deputy director found something they liked, and they didn't control their hands.

Secretary Ganqing's hobby is writing big characters.

Walking to Dai Yuexuan's stall, he wanted to buy their Hubi after looking at it for a short time.

Not for anything else, just because Dai Yuexuan is an old account that used to customize brushes for the first generation of leaders of the founding of the country, and specially displayed the two brushes customized for the leaders in a glass case.

Although the price is very expensive, eight yuan a piece is enough to buy a hero fountain pen.

But the secretary did not hesitate to take out 16 yuan and bought one.

The deputy principal is not as elegant as the secretary, but the problem is that he is a master who likes to listen to storytelling.

Although it's not as captivating as Liu Baorui's cross talk "Shu Fan Da Casserole", it's still a bit of a mystery.

On weekdays, he likes to search for story books of storytelling everywhere, and buys them whenever he sees them. He has all kinds of story books at home.

Today, he accidentally found a set of "Twelve Money Darts" in the pile of old books in Laixun Pavilion, which is a rare treasure.

He had to feast his eyes on such a story that he had never heard of before.

So even though the price of 12 yuan made his flesh hurt, he paid with his nose held.

I thought it would be twelve darts.

In short, in the end, even they themselves didn't expect that this inattentiveness actually allowed the Temple of Heaven to earn them a share.

They each had complicated feelings in their hearts, and they looked at each other's things unconsciously, shaking their heads and smiling wryly.

As for the driver, although he is not interested in these elegant gadgets, and he can't understand them, he is just reluctantly wandering around with the leader.

But it also felt like an eye-opener.

And he also did not escape the fate of contributing profits to the Temple of Heaven Park out of his own pocket.

Because for popular entertainment, there are several things in Changdian that are very famous, and not only have they been copied by the Temple of Heaven, they are very attractive.

Moreover, the Temple of Heaven Park has its own innovations, which are even more difficult to refuse.

When it comes to the famous things in Changdian, apart from kites, they are candied haws and windmills.

Although these two things are common in any Chinese New Year temple fair, Changdian is famous for its uniqueness.

Candied haws are one foot long, and there is a saying, "Three feet shake and the wind is about to break, a bunch of gourds dipped in rock sugar"

There are three or four feet long, made of mountain red instead of hawthorn, smeared with sugar, and threaded into a long string.

But no matter which one is inedible.

Just imagine, these things have been standing in the wind and sand for a long time, how can they enter the mouth when they are covered with sand?
The people who bought him simply had a lot of spare money in their pockets, just for fun, just to look happy.

The same is true for windmills. The windmills in Changdian are invisible in other places. They are authentic handicrafts made by farmers in the suburbs of Beijing during the winter slack.

They used sorghum poles to form a shelf in the shape of "日", "田", and "品", and used sorghum strips to form a circle three or four inches in diameter, with a small axis in the middle, and Dongchang paper strips were dyed red and green. Glue the ring and shaft into a colorful wind wheel.

A snare drum frame the size of a copper coin is made of clay, and two layers of hemp paper are mounted together to make a drum skin to make a snare drum.

Then install the wind wheel and small drum on the frame, twist a small stick with hemp rope behind the small shaft of the wind wheel, and when the wind wheel moves, the small stick will make a drumming sound.If the wind wheel keeps rotating in the wind, the snare drum will keep beating.

Twenty or thirty wind wheels can be installed on the "pin"-shaped shelf, so there are twenty or thirty small drums.

As the wind blows, there is a sound of drums.

Those who buy windmills and candied haws will stand on both sides of the courtyard gate entering the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests.

When the three people from the local altar approached here, they could hear the noisy sound of windmills.

The ancients said that the singing of a frog in a pond can replace half of the advocacy, but the sound of the windmill at the door is really a lot of advocacy.

So many people, both Chinese and foreign, are attracted to this gate.

However, the price is prohibitive.

Because there are no small windmills here, and the cheapest one is in the shape of "日", which costs three yuan.

By analogy, six yuan for the word "Tian" and ten yuan for the word "pin".

Opposite the windmill, the candied haws on the other side of the entrance are the same.

Not to mention those oversized ones, they are tantamount to recruiting advertisements, and no one really buys them.

The normal sized candied haws are the real commodity.

It is indeed very beautiful, the sugar wind is long and the sugar color is shiny, it looks like a handicraft.

But "Shanlihong" with seven fruits, they dare to sell it for [-] cents, "Toad Spit Honey" with stuffing sells for one piece, and "Hundred Treasure Yam" with various nuts is the most expensive, selling for two yuan.

The three people in Ditan looked at these things, all of them were good, but they all thought they were expensive, and they were really reluctant to pay the money.

They soon discovered that in fact only foreigners were willing to be fooled.

For example, two foreigners, one in each hand, come back with a big windmill holding the word "pin".

Facing the spring breeze, the two walked and listened to the sound, complacent.

One of them held a bunch of candied haws in his hand.

That's called a rich man, and he co-authored more than 20 yuan of foreign exchange certificates, and that's all he did.

It really made them have to admire the money-making techniques of the Temple of Heaven.

Looking back now, this foreigner is so stupid as a sheep.

It’s not like one person pays 25, but the co-authors are all [-].

I don't know whether it is envy or jealousy in my heart, the three of them are about to leave.

However, at this time, new products appeared on the candied haws stand.

The two boxes of goods delivered by the staff of the Temple of Heaven on three wheels turned out to be ice cream, and it was very expensive, [-] cents each.

This made many people laugh at that time.

The first feeling is that everyone thinks the Temple of Heaven Park is too unreliable, why is it selling this thing in cold weather?

And it's so expensive.

You know, the most expensive thing these days is the small bowl of polar bear ice cream, which only costs [-] cents.

On weekdays, the milk-flavored ice cream that everyone eats costs two cents, and the most common popsicles cost a few cents.

The clinker seller of candied haws took out two ice creams, tore off the packaging, and inserted them into the glass window where the candied haws were placed, which immediately left everyone dumbfounded.

Ganqing's ice cream is unusual in shape, it looks like the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests.

And it's not just a shape, it's a three-dimensional relief.

The doors, windows, glazed tiles, and ceilings are all clear.

The most important thing is that the color is so moist, it looks like cream, very delicate.

There is a saying, call people to call people, thousands of voices should not respond, goods call people, nod your head.

At this time, the people from the Temple of Heaven will introduce it again, but it will work.

It is said that it is a trial product with a particularly high milk content, which is not comparable to any popsicle ice cream on the market today.

And because it is winter, the price is discounted by [-] cents. In summer, the price is [-] cents.

Some people just can't help but be impatient.

Looking at it again, it turned out to be foreigners who came first.

A couple of dogs and men actually walked over to grab the first prize. They both took a bite of the white cream, with sweet faces on their faces.

The people in the capital at the scene were finally angry.

No one wanted to stare at it any more, and many masters who claimed to be physically strong eagerly paid for something new.

The Ditan driver who followed the two leaders didn't hold it back, so he paid for one, tore open the package, and couldn't wait to bite down.

However, he was immediately intoxicated by the unimaginable rich milk flavor, and even turned a deaf ear to the leader's words.

Until this bite slowly melted in his mouth and swallowed, he sighed with emotion, "It's so fucking delicious!"

It was only after that.

ah?Why do the two leaders keep looking at themselves?
Do they also want to...

Oh, it seems that I am too anxious.

What the leader said was that he should take a picture of the ice cream first.

(End of this chapter)