Capital's Spring Festival Stage Colorful 　　Beijing's Spring Festival celebrations this year will be rich in traditional Chinese cultural flavor. 　　Jia Lin, an official with Beijing Culture Administration (BCA), said on February 4 that one of the principal BCA directives in arranging the upcoming celebrations was to provide Beijingers with programs hardly to be found these days. 　　Traditional temple fairs still top Beijing's agenda of Spring Festival celebrations. 　　"We will have eight temple fairs, instead of seven in previous years," he said. 　　For the first time, Dongyue Temple, whose first restoration phase has just been completed, will arrange a temple fair of its own this year, characterized by performances of Taoist music. 　　"Each of our temple fairs has a special taste of its own," Jia said. "For instance, Ditan Park was the place where emperors of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) performed sacrificial rites and worshipped the earth. A large-scale performance will be staged during the Ditan Park temple fair." 　　One of the differences this year compared with past years, Jia said, was that BCA has oriented some of the festival activities to mark China's 50th founding anniversary and the return of Macao later this year. 　　Beijingers will also have a chance to see the performances of Macao folk groups performing dragon and lion dances at the fairs. 　　In addition, five lantern fairs, seven park mass celebrations, 100 flower fair performances, and nearly 300 other performances including ballet, acrobatics and drama crowd the BCA's celebration agenda for the Spring Festival. 　　For Jia, this year's Spring Festival celebrations are a prelude to Beijing's large-scale activities marking the two special occasions. 　　All related information is available at [http://www.bcbnet.org]. The web site is entitled Beijing Cultural Hotline, which is opened particularly for the citizens' convenience to attend various activities. HomeNews 1999-02-05 Page4 Full Story in Chinese