Source: CCTV.com

10-19-2007 11:03

In Ji'nan, the capital of east China's Shandong Province, a tradition has carried on for hundreds of year celebrating the Double Nine Festival. Every year on this occasion honoring the elderly, retired people in Ji'nan would crowd into the Qianfoshan Mountain Fair.

The Qianfoshan Mountain Fair opens a week ahead of the Double Nine Festival, on the ninth day of the 9th lunar month. Most of the elderly people of the city would not miss it.

Offerings at the fair seem to have changed little over the centuries. People still are mesmerized by watching folk opera on the old fashioned stage. A wrestling presentation reminds the elderly of days when they were young.

There are all kinds of snacks and handicrafts. The fair is an important occasion and one where people get a chance to relive old memories.

 

Editor:Liu Fang