Introduction to the Mosque and Zen Temple Fair: The most lively event in the Mosque and Zen Temple is the temple fair, with more than 500,000 yuan in silver received. The Temple Fair began in the mid-Qing Dynasty and has a history of more than 200 years. Every year from the eighth to the nineteenth of the second lunar month, the mosque management committee holds a temple fair. Tens of thousands of people came from all over the province, overseas Chinese and Taiwanese compatriots. Cars and cars came and went, and it was very lively. Among them, the scene of offering thousands of catties of candles and singing lyrics on February 19th was the most spectacular. On the eighth day of February, the "Twenty-four Prayers" used floats and bands to escort the "Thousand-jin Candle" to the Mosque, presented the Thousand-jin Candle to the Prime Minister in white, and held a grand candle-lighting ceremony in a solemn and solemn scene. The largest 3,000-jin giant candle in the Giant Candle Altar was given by believers during the "Twenty-Four Prayer" on the eighth day of February. The climax of the temple fair started at 2 a.m. on February 19th. Several gentlemen took turns to sing the life experiences of Guanyin Bodhisattva by beating drums and singing lyrics, and expressed the wish of those who donated silver to Guanyin, in order to seek the blessing of Guanyin Bodhisattva. The entire ceremony did not end until 10 o'clock in the evening, and the temple fair activities came to an end. During the temple fair festival, there are also folk cultural performances such as tea-picking dance, lion dance, and social opera in Zhu'ao Hall.

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