Xi'an City God Temple Folk Custom

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Xi'an City God Temple is an ancient Chinese folk custom activity. Xi'an City God Temple is located in the middle of Xidajie Street, Xi'an City. It was founded in 1387 AD (the 20th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty) and has a history of more than 600 years from the 21st century. As an important deity widely worshipped in the Chinese national religious culture, the city god is the god of protecting the city believed by Chinese folk and Taoism, and is acted by famous officials and heroes who have contributed to the local people. Xi'an is bordered by the Wei River to the north and the Qinling Mountains to the south. It has been the capital of more than ten dynasties in history and can be called the cradle of Chinese civilization. Xi'an has a well preserved Ming Dynasty city wall, city, capital god temple, which is unique in the country. Xi'an is the starting point of the ancient "Silk Road" and the junction of the north-south artery and the east-west artery.
　　
Every old Xi'an person has an inexplicable feeling for the City God Temple located in the West Street of Xi'an. The folk temple fair of the City God Temple is an unforgettable memory of many Xi'an people. The temple fair has always been a scenic spot of the City God Temple. The Spring Festival in Xi'an City God Temple and the folk temple fair on April 8 were very prosperous, with a large number of people coming here, performing different life dramas. At the temple fair, there are a large number of Qinqiang Opera, Daoqing, drum music, folk songs, martial arts acrobatics, famous calligraphers and painters, and prayer fairs, while the scenes described in folk songs - City God Temple, Jiulishan, all kinds of sales are inside, from silk and satin to cattle cages and saddles