"There is Putuo in the south, and Hongluo in the north." During the Spring Festival, many people will go to Hongluo Temple to worship the Buddha and pray for safety, health and prosperity in the coming year. Unknowingly ushered in the 26th Hongluo Temple Prayer Garden Party. Hongluo Temple is decorated with a more festive atmosphere. Nearly 10,000 lanterns embellish the silent winter with a strong festive atmosphere. This year’s Spring Festival at Hongluo Temple, what is the traditional taste of the year? Searching? How to pray and make a wish? Where to go to take pictures and check in? Take this guide and go to Hongluo Temple to pray for Chinese New Year blessings!
The six seasons are auspicious, physical and mental well-being, full of Dharma joy, growth of blessings and wisdom, improvement of Taoism, good wishes of all beings, harmony in the world, boundless joy!
1. Come here for the traditional taste of the New Year!
1. Naxiang praying for blessings and appreciating palace lanterns
Location: small square in the gate area, cultural corridor, bamboo forest corridor, temple area, etc.
The employees of Hongluo Temple are really ingenious! They use metal, silk and other materials to carefully design and make palace lanterns, returning to the traditional and classical beauty. These exquisite lanterns can be seen in the gate area, cultural corridor, bamboo forest corridor, and temple area of Hongluo Temple.
2. Dragon and lion dance to welcome the new year
Location: Small square on the east side of the gate area
Hongluo Temple specially invited Cangzhou professional acrobatics team to help out, bringing colorful acrobatic performances such as dragon dance, lion dance, middle banner, straw hat flying, figure roller skating, meteor shower, pedal big tank, collective martial arts, etc., to relive the traditional New Year memory and share Happy Chinese New Year!
3. All intangible cultural heritage crafts are on display
Location: Inside the Cultural Corridor
This Spring Festival, a collection of handicrafts of intangible cultural heritage items that are beautiful, sound, and fun: Huairou’s regional characteristics of watery tofu, ceramic painting, sand swallow bird, Wanhe sedan chair intangible cultural heritage flower show, aluminum weaving, gourd pyrography, carved lacquer, tea soup, Sugar figurines, sugar paintings, dough figurines, ceramic paintings, straw weaving, inner paintings, facial makeup, windmills, comic portraits, dragon and phoenix characters, etc.
4. On-site splashing ink to send blessings
Location: Inside the Cultural Corridor
"There is no spring without couplets, and spring is stronger with couplets", Hongluo Temple invited calligraphers to write couplets and blessings with splash ink on the spot, and give them randomly. Prepare pens, ink, and paper at the event site, and you can also participate in writing blessings and take them home.
5. Guess lantern riddles with prizes
Location: East of Shanmen to Songhai Ciyun, Cultural Corridor to Songhai Ciyun
Guessing lantern riddles is one of the traditional recreational activities of the Hongluo Temple Spring Festival blessing garden party. During the event, visitors can use their brains to solve the riddles and get exquisite gifts.
6. The Three Friends of Sui Han make a New Year’s Eve
Plum Blossom Exhibition Shed: In the Greenhouse No. 1 on the east side of Hongluosi Temple Area
Green plants and flowers exhibition hall: in the flower exhibition hall No. 2 at the end of the west wisteria flower corridor of the temple
Bougainvillea Exhibition Hall: In Flower Exhibition Hall No. 3 on the west side of Hongluo Tower
Appreciating the "Three Friends of the Winter" is a unique activity of the "Hongluo Temple Blessing Garden Party". In the flower exhibition shed, various plum blossoms such as wintersweet, pink plum, and red plum are in full bloom. It is the unique garden beauty of Hongluo Temple in winter.
2. Take pictures and check in here!
1. Wufumen
The "Five Blessings Gate" composed of big lanterns at the main entrance is beaming, complementing the tall and majestic archway, welcoming tourists from all over the world. There is a couplet on both sides, "The sky is full of blessings in Hongluo, and the garden is full of green sea, kind clouds and spring".
2. Red Lantern Corridor
The Red Lantern Corridor is designed with a traditional red lantern setting, parallel to Ziyunlai Road and the 108 steps of Guanyin Temple with an upward inclination angle. Walking into it is like walking into a prosperous and auspicious red lantern tunnel, booming!
3. Lanterns in the Royal Bamboo Forest
There are also many palace lanterns hanging in the imperial bamboo forest. Walking in the emerald green bamboo forest, there are winter plums and winter jasmine flowers on both sides, and classical palace lanterns on the top of the head, retro and elegant.
4. Zodiac Rat wishing place
There are many gold ingots of different sizes in the wishing place of the zodiac rat. They hold the gold ingots and take pictures, praying for wealth and wealth.
5. Ten Mile Wisteria Corridor
In Hongluo Temple in winter, the old people enjoy the three friends of the year and the cold, and the favorite place for young couples must be the ten-mile wisteria corridor. Strolling under the wisteria flowers, you can make an appointment with the person you like, and walk with them under the wisteria flowers. There are deep and shallow lavender in front of my eyes.
6. Childlike Windmill Corridor
The children's favorite area is covered with windmills of different colors.
3. Come here to pray and make a wish!
1. Wishing Wall
There are three different wishing walls in the garden, the place of the Great Buddha, the place of Guanyin Temple, and the place of the zodiac rat. I especially recommend the wishing wall of Guanyin Temple. There are many roses hidden in the beard of Grandpa Yue. Gently pull out the roses from the white beard, and you can also see a small note with the secret words of love!
2. Guanyin Temple
Guanyin Temple was first built in the Jin Dynasty. It has a triple hall of Shanmen Hall, Songzi Guanyin Hall and Huicheng Hall. It is divided into upper and lower courtyards, connected by 108 steps in the middle. There is a folk saying that "men are Yonghe and women are Hongluo". It is best for women to pray at Hongluo Temple, especially for marriage. Hongluo Temple is very effective!
P.S. You can take the slide when you go to the Guanyin Temple on the mountain to pray!
If you don’t want to strenuously go up the mountain, but want to climb up to pray for blessings, then take the slide of Hongluo Temple! The slideway is divided into two journeys up the mountain and down the mountain. You can buy a one-way ticket or a round-trip ticket. I prefer the journey down the mountain from Guanyin Temple. Following the navigator, the slideway releases passion and speed, and the rapid descent and turning make people exciting and exciting!
3. Ring the bell to pray
At the place where the bell strikes near the Hall of Heavenly Kings, a huge Chinese character of blessing is hung on the big bell, which can be used to entrust good wishes such as good luck, peace, happiness, health and longevity.
4. Toss coins
Throw copper coins in the New Year, and the wealth will flow in! The money-making eye near the Yuzhu Forest is always full of people. Throw the copper coins in your hand and ring the copper bell on the bridge opposite.
Hongluo Temple TIPS:
Address: No. 2, North Hongluosi East Road, Luzhuang Village, Huairou Town, Huairou District, Beijing
How to get there: By car, locate Hongluo Temple; take bus No. 867 from Dongzhimen to Hongluo Temple.
Ticket price: 54 yuan/person for adults
Slide price: one-way 40 yuan/person, round-trip 60 yuan/person.
Winter is relatively cold, and the outdoor temperature in the suburbs of Beijing is lower. It is recommended to wear warm clothes. In addition, because there are mountain roads in the park, you should wear comfortable shoes.
