Suzhou Gunxian Temple Fair was held in 2023.

In 2023, Suzhou "Rolling Immortals" will be held from June/KLOC-0 to June 3.

"Rolling Immortals" was originally a folk religious activity, and later it gradually evolved into a grand temple fair integrating Taoist culture and folk culture. It has become a unique landscape embodied in the enduring folk culture of Suzhou people. At the same time, it is also a big stage where traditional folk arts, such as dragon dance, lion dance, flower picking, pavilion lifting and folk beating, are widely displayed, which plays a role in entertaining the gods and themselves.

Over time, it has become a major folk festival in Suzhou, and at the same time, it has formed a market gathering of folk handicrafts, agricultural production tools, flowers, birds, fish and insects, and flavor snacks. In 2023, the activity of "Rolling the Immortal" will be unveiled in Shilu Business Circle on June 1-3.

This year's "rolling immortals" activity happened to coincide with the "June 1st" International Children's Day. The organizer will also invite parents and children to punch cards with the theme of "rolling immortals", so that children can feel the charm of traditional folk culture through activities. In addition to the traditional Eight Immortals Parade, this year, a youth parade such as Hanfu Show was introduced.

The Historical Origin and Cultural Characteristics of the Temple Fair "Rolling Immortals";

This custom has existed in Suzhou since the Xichun period of the Song Dynasty (A.D. 1 174 to A.D. 1 194). On April14th of the lunar calendar, Lv Zu (Lv Dongbin, one of the legendary Eight Immortals) was born. People from Suzhou and Wuxi, Shanghai and some towns and villages in northern Zhejiang spontaneously went to Fujiguan (Shenxian Temple). According to folklore, Lv Chunyang will become a beggar, a doctor and a peddler to help people and inspire civilians. Lv Chunyang's medical skill is brilliant, and Suzhou TCM is respected as the founder.

Patients who suffer from incurable diseases and have no money to treat them often go to the temple to burn incense on 13 and 14 and pray for a prescription for immortality. Therefore, it can crush the immortal spirits in Shenxian Temple, eliminate disasters and diseases, and prolong life. Good luck, great wealth, great wealth. After a long time, it is called "rolling God".

At this temple fair, Xiatang Street in Changmen, Suzhou became a market, which was very lively and crowded with people. Every space and every corner of Xiatang is crowded with people. People roll on me, and I roll on you. It's very lively. If anyone is lucky enough to run over an immortal, he will become an immortal and will naturally be prosperous in the future.

Everyone who "crushes a fairy" may be a fairy, and everyone who "crushes a fairy" may be run over by a fairy, limping for the "crushes a fairy", rolling down his shoes, rolling clothes without complaining, and not quarreling in the street. Instead, I feel very happy.