The Temple Fair Of Development And Evolution Of The Flower Festival In Jiu Street

The temple fair is an important part of civil society life in China, the culture of temple fair is an important part of our traditional culture. It's a long and colorful history of temple fair of Jiu Street, several hundreds year' development has never stopped, and it become an important economical market of local residents and vicinity. This thesis analyze the interaction between the temple fair and the social life of country and the great significance of the protect and use of intangible heritage from evolution of nearly eight hundred year's history of Jiu street.Jiu street stand in the junction of the mountains and the plains of Wuhan, It is the special conditions which adjacent to the Henan and Anhui province supply the convince geographical factor for the rise of Flower Festival temple fair.The characteristics of the traditional agricultural economy promote the development of temple fair of Flower Festival. The evolution of the Flower Festival and the local Qingfu temple made the temple fair become a flourishing one of goods' exchange.The Jiu Street's temple fair of Flower Festival rose in the Song and Yuan dynasty, flourished in the period of Ming and Qing Dynasty. In the period of the Republic of China , the scale of the temple fair of Flower Festival was smaller than before, after the liberation of China, it became a great exposition under the guidance of the People's Republic of China's government and flourishing again after China's Reform and Opening-up. When the time stride forward the twenty-first century, the local government of Xinzhou borough guide transformation relying on the policy of " Cultural Stage, economic singing", which transform the economical exposition to the tourism area.There are three causes of the flourishing of the temple fair of Flower Festival. First, it has multi-function. The originally period of the temple fair of Flower Festival is a great religious concourse for the local residents and vicinity. As the time went by, it became a stage of goods' exchange and entertainment for people, it also provided a necessary hyphen between the people's intercourse and meet civil demands for materials and spirits life. Second, it's pledge is the interaction between civil society and government. It is the main organization of the local squires and merchants, people joined in it with spontaneous enthusiasm. After China's liberation, the local government supported and guided its development continuously. That enthusiasm of many sides promised the develop of Flower Festival's temple fair. Third, it has the persistent vigor from the transformation which made it transform the economical exposition to the tourism area in the right chance. The religious function was decrease and the unreligious function was increase in the evolution of itself. The Jiu Street's temple fair of Flower Festival influence the rural life in many ways. It promote the development of agriculture and handicraft industry and the transformation of the township which from traditional agriculture to the complex economy style include agricultural, commerce and the tourism industry. It flourish the plain villages life and promoted people's relations more harmonious than before, besides those function in local, it also has the same function in vicinity especially for the rural economy.As the Intangible Cultural Heritage, it prosper for a long history because it combine with the temple's material culture such as goods' exchange. From this we can see that after the protection of non-material cultural heritage , we still exploit and use it effective ,it's the only way to prosper persistent that combined the traditional culture with the real life close. Under the Government's drumbeating and guidance, the development of the Jiu Street's temple fair of Flower Festival will go on and full of vitality with time go on, it will promote the religion construction in some economic and socio-cultural aspect.