A guide for Horse Year temple fairs in Beijing (3)

Longtan Temple Fair

Dates: Jan. 30-Feb.6

Venue: Longtan Lake Park, Zuoanmennei Dajie, Chongwen District

Admission: 10 yuan

Fair events here are very similar to those in Ditan. There will be various interactive competitions inviting visitors to join in arm-wrestling, rock climbing, and chess playing.

Activities including an opera show, an acrobatics show, a Quyi performance, Judo, wrestling, a table tennis competition for middle-aged and senior people, a folk diabolo-spinning competition (a game in which a two-headed top is balanced on a string held between two sticks), "World Carnival' entertainment programs for children, and delicious snacks from all over the country.