On August 5th, the second day of the seventh lunar month, the Millennium Royal Garden Jin Temple held a traditional ritual performance of the "Great Sacrifice of the Virgin Mary". Chang Yuxiang's ancient and grand traditional ritual performance of the "Feast of the Virgin Mary" follows tradition, solemn and dignified, as if telling the story of a thousand years of history; The traditional Chinese music lingers on the water mirror stage, with exquisite and gorgeous Eastern instruments and melodious melodies that move and transform, echoing among the thousand year old ancient architecture and gardens; The original play "Tang Feng Jin Yun Hua Jin Ci" allows the public to immerse themselves in the thousand year history of Jin Ci... On August 5th, the second day of the seventh lunar month, the "Jin Encounter Qiyuan Temple Fun" - the 2024 Jin Ci Temple Fair kicked off at the Taiyuan Jin Ci Museum, with a variety of folk activities staged in turn, allowing visitors to "immerse" in the fusion of tradition and modernity. The marching performance of "Dragon Soaring and Lion Dancing" is lively and joyful, with giant dragons soaring and lions leaping, showcasing the vibrant vitality of traditional culture. As one of the most well preserved and historically oldest classical gardens in China, the Jin Temple carries rich historical and cultural heritage. The Jinci Temple Fair is a grand ceremony held to worship the birthday of the Virgin Mary, with Jinci as the carrier. It was formerly known as the "Saishen Fair" and gradually evolved into the traditional Jinci Temple Fair, which has been thriving since the Ming and Qing dynasties. Qiu Ping, deputy curator of Jinci Temple Museum, introduced that this temple fair, while preserving the centuries old temple fairs to pray for good fortune, perform folk customs, and inherit intangible cultural heritage, perfectly integrates the ancient culture and beautiful natural landscape again, integrates the Internet and Jinci Temple's historical and cultural resources, injects fresh blood, gives new meaning to the times, and unlocks the N opening ways of "intangible cultural heritage+". I hope that in the process of carrying out these activities, tourists can further understand the history of Shanxi. Since the beginning of summer, the cultural and tourism market in Taiyuan has continued to be hot, and museums are welcoming a peak in visitor traffic. In the past two days, our daily visitor reception has reached around 25000 people, "said Qiu Ping. As of now, the visitor reception of Jinci Museum has exceeded 40% of the same period last year, setting a new historical high. On August 5th, the second day of the seventh lunar month, the "Jin Yu Qi Yuan Temple Fun" -2024 Jin Ci Temple Fair kicked off at the Jin Ci Museum in Taiyuan. On the water mirror stage, the "Liyuan Jinyun" presents the essence of traditional drama, offering a feast for the vast number of opera fans. The Jinci Temple Fair is a national level intangible cultural heritage, which perfectly blends tradition and modernity, making the ancient and splendid historical and cultural heritage of Jinci shine with vitality in the new era. The holding of this Jinci Temple Fair is a beneficial exploration for us to deepen the reform of cultural system and mechanism, build a Chinese civilization identification system, and activate market potential, "said Liu Yuwei, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of Taiyuan Cultural Relics Bureau. Liu Yuwei stated that in the next step, the city's cultural relics system will focus on building a Chinese civilization identification system, further exploring effective mechanisms for the integration of culture, tourism, and technology, and stimulating the vitality of the cultural tourism industry and market; Further improve the channels for social forces to participate in the protection and utilization of cultural relics, and promote the implementation of the "Civilization Watch Project"; Persistently building museums around the masses, allowing high-quality cultural resources to reach the doorstep of the people, benefiting more people, and deepening the construction of a museum city that showcases the charm of Jinyang. This event is hosted by Taiyuan Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics and organized by Taiyuan Municipal Institute of Cultural Relics Protection and Research, Jinci Museum, and Jinci Garden Center. The event will continue until August 7th. (New Society)