On the morning of February 18, 1986, Ning Weimin came to the Temple of Heaven alone.
This day is Tuesday, the tenth day of the first lunar month.
To say that the Temple of Heaven Park is a treasure land is even more exaggerated than the Tianqiao Shopping Mall.
Even though it was a working day, there were more than one person there.
In fact, as soon as Ning Weimin took the bus and passed Zhushikou, he could feel that the traffic was obviously congested.
The buses that had already missed the morning rush hour were not only overcrowded again, but were also unable to move.
There were people on both sides of the road, and it was completely dark.
There are both pedestrians and cyclists.
Those who either run south to the west gate of the Temple of Heaven, or run east and turn to the north gate of the Temple of Heaven.
There are also too many cars.
Large cars, small cars, buses, tour buses, three-wheelers, jeeps...all crowded on the road.
When Ning Weimin arrived at the North Gate of the Temple of Heaven, he was even more shocked.
You can see it from afar. People here are like thousands of people returning to their clan. People on bicycles, on foot, and people getting off various cars are all pouring water into the north gate of the Temple of Heaven!
It looks like human porridge.
There is no need to think about it at all. Everyone is here for the New Year Garden Party, so they are not running away.
So Ning Weimin, who finally squeezed out of the bus, couldn't help but get excited.
After thinking about it, he simply changed his original plan and decided not to go to Tan Gong Restaurant, but to visit the Temple of Heaven Park first.
He wanted to see if Qiao Wanlin and the director of the Temple of Heaven had any better ideas?
Why is it that this year's New Year Garden Fair attracted more tourists than last year?
Actually, Ning Weimin is a bit left-wing.
Neither Qiao Wanlin nor the person in charge of the Temple of Heaven Park has such a wild mind.
The main reason why there were so many people at the New Year's Garden Party in Tiantan Park this year was because I was afraid it would fall on him.
Why do you say that?
Because apart from the location of Temple of Heaven Park, which is very convenient, transportation is well connected in all directions, which is very convenient.
Those who come to visit the Temple of Heaven only need to go out from the west gate, and they can visit the Tianqiao Shopping Mall and the Natural History Museum.
If you are coming from the north, you can stop by Qianmen Dashilan on your way back.
But more importantly, under Ning Weimin's years of pushing and pushing, the Temple of Heaven area and the Qianmen area have been connected without realizing it.
It has become a interconnected, diverse and all-encompassing commercial district in the south of the capital.
Just tell me what you plan to do.
Is it for eating, drinking and having fun? Is it for sightseeing and appreciation? Is it for appreciating folk customs?
Or shopping? Watching movies? Taking photos? Entertainment?
There is everything here, just like a big kaleidoscope.
In addition, the composition of tourists visiting the Temple of Heaven is also different from other places.
The people who visit temple fairs elsewhere are all locals from the capital, plus some tourists from other places.
On weekdays, when the locals go to work, there aren't many people around.
But don’t forget that a large part of the tourists at the Temple of Heaven are foreigners.
Who makes the Temple of Heaven Park have a strong relationship with major travel agencies?
You know, the tricks Ning Weimin figured out were all aimed at foreigners, using various methods to arouse their interest and make money from them.
Those tour guides have "special interests" in the Temple of Heaven.
Since the Chinese New Year Garden Party is the easiest time to tempt foreigners to spend money, who wouldn’t try their best to send guests here?
Therefore, in today's capital, apart from the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, there is no place as popular with foreigners as the Temple of Heaven Park.
Unknowingly, as the country opens and more and more foreigners come to Beijing, Tiantan Park has become a little expert in earning foreign exchange.
The reputation of Zhenlu may not be as loud as that of the Summer Palace and Beihai, but it depends on the benefits it brings.
The rising star of the Temple of Heaven Park has already surpassed them and ranked third among the tourist attractions in the capital.
All in all, Ning Weimin was a little unaware of the limitations of being in the game, and he never thought that he himself was the biggest contributor.
The reason why the New Year Garden Party in Tiantan Park is so lively is precisely because of the reputation he has created. After years of accumulation, it has begun to enter a virtuous cycle of fermentation.
In fact, both Qiao Wanlin and the management of the Temple of Heaven are still doing what Xiao Gui and Cao Sui did according to his original plan. There are no big changes. They are purely reaping the dividends.
But then again, despite this, Ning Weimin also enjoyed his visit.
Because first of all, after leaving the capital for more than half a year, he finally returned home to celebrate the New Year, and he really felt very kind to the bustling scene in the Temple of Heaven Park.
You know, it started from the earliest sculpture art exhibition and eventually evolved into the New Year Garden Party.
Almost all the planning and design from top to bottom were the result of Ning Weimin's painstaking efforts and tinkering little by little over the years.
When I came back, I found that these things are still so popular and highly praised by tourists.
When he walked among the crowd, what he saw in his eyes and heard in his ears was beautiful.
For him, the initiator, this is praise and praise in disguise.
Who doesn’t like to hear others say good things about themselves and hear others praise themselves?
Secondly, when he stayed at the Temple of Heaven Park in the past, even though Ning Weimin was the chief designer of the New Year Garden Party, he had never sneaked into the New Year Garden Party so easily.
At that time, he was not regarded as the one who gave orders. He was surrounded by people wherever he went, just like the moon was surrounded by stars, but that was work.
Carrying a heavy responsibility, he went to the park to inspect the operation status of the park and see if there were any deficiencies.
Once a problem is discovered, all I can think about is how to remedy it and whether it can be improved.
Today is different. He has no official position and no responsibility at all.
In a happy mood, taking a leisurely stroll, wearing a white dragon fish suit, and paying a private visit incognito.
All you see are the colorful windmills, balloons and blooming smiling faces around you, and your ears listen to the hustle and bustle of people coming and going and vendors shouting.
When he opened his mouth, he was able to catch a large bunch of candied haws.
Spread your legs and dive into the pile of new and exciting things.
Especially the smell in the nose, the most inescapable and addictive aroma.
The joy and joy you feel are naturally very different.
Thirdly, Ning Weimin visited the Temple of Heaven today and found that although there were no big surprises in the garden, it was quite refreshing and creative.
But after all, Qiao Wanlin and the management of Tiantan are not just for nothing.
Whether it is content or services, there are improvements and improvements in details, as well as small surprises that introduce new things.
At least it deserves a compliment of "carry forward".
Not to mention anything else, first of all, there have been obvious improvements in terms of hardware facilities and services.
Several new flush toilets that are relatively hygienic have been built.
In today's Temple of Heaven Park, even male tourists no longer need to urinate in the grass curtain area in the forest.
The toilets in the park can basically meet the basic needs of park customers.
There are more trash cans and seats installed, basically on all major corridors.
Therefore, tourists who are tired from walking can basically find a place to rest at any time as long as they stay on the main corridor of the park.
Don’t underestimate these things. Being able to do this is already far ahead among the tourist attractions in the capital.
Even the Forbidden City, in terms of these hardware facilities, is not as good as the Temple of Heaven Park.
And more importantly, a lot of new content and highlights have been added to the content of eating, drinking and having fun.
Its richness far exceeded Ning Weimin's imagination.
For example, famous old restaurants like Bai Kui Restaurant in Longfu Temple, Da Sanyuan Restaurant on Jingshan West Street, Shun Dong Lai Restaurant in Wangfujing, BBQ Season in Shichahai, Yanji Restaurant in Xisi, and Tianfu Restaurant in Xidan.
As well as Fengnian Enema, Baishui Sheep Head, Wonton Hou, Tea Soup Plum and other snacks that are very popular among the people.
These were originally old accounts located in the north of the capital, not in the south.
But this time, he actually went to the New Year Garden Party at the Temple of Heaven to show up and have fun.
In the past, Ning Weimin had to travel a long way if he wanted to eat.
But this time they were connected in a string, so he could buy them and enjoy them as much as he wanted.
Also, the food factories that are doing on-site promotions this time are not just the polar bear food factories that have a good relationship with the Temple of Heaven.
Yili Food Factory, which was far away on Changchun Street, also chased after them and circled a piece of territory, setting up a battle array.
Yili Factory's flagship products, such as fruit bread, vitamin bread, wafer chocolate, and wafer biscuits, are all on display.
It forms a tit-for-tat contrast with Polar Bear’s canned and juice products, but they complement each other.
In addition, chrysanthemum white, which had been extinct for more than 20 years in Beijing, also reappeared at the Renhe Winery stall.
As one of the famous "Three Whites" in old Beijing (including lotus white, chrysanthemum white and Qingwangfu brewed white), it is the flagship product of the royal wine workshop "Renhe Hotel".
Concocted with more than 20 kinds of Chinese herbal medicine, it has the effect of improving eyesight and clearing the liver, and reducing white hair to black. It is clear and sweet, has a floral fragrance, and has a very good taste. It is the royal wine of the capital.
This attracted many elderly and educated people to stop here and buy several bottles for home.
Furthermore, since the New Year Garden Party at the Temple of Heaven is known as the "Foreign Temple Fair", foreign food is also essential.
This time, not only did the buffet at Maxim Restaurant have a richer variety, it also brought more French pastries and snacks for sale.
The Zhai Palace Cafe that Menimus took over almost copied all the dishes from Menimus.
Even Chunming Food Store, which has inherited the French bakery tradition from the Republic of China in Chongwenmen, also joins the fun with the most traditional French clay pots, dried cloth sausage, round ham, pickled cucumber, coconut jam and raisin bagels, and small butter bread.
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It even just entered the mainland market and was advertising on TV. With the slogan "Every drop of fragrance is rich, the taste is still lingering" and "McGee Coffee", which has long been a household name, Nescafe Coffee also set up a stall.
In Ning Weimin's opinion, instant coffee is simply a contemporary joke, and is sold to Chinese people who have little knowledge these days at a discounted price of 30%.
With such old foreign stuff, it wouldn’t be too much to call this year’s New Year Garden Party a French Food Festival.
It can be seen from this that the New Year Garden Party in the Temple of Heaven has become a social and cultural event with influence covering the whole city, and almost all well-known catering companies, even foreign-funded companies, will actively participate.
Unlike in the past, where we could only settle in one corner, only two districts in Nancheng participated, subject to geographical restrictions.
For another example, it is completely different from the previous "sneak attack" by the Temple of Earth on the Temple of Heaven. As a result, the Temple of Heaven New Year Garden Party failed to invite folk artists who performed tricks during the first month.
In the end, I had no choice but to choose Peking Opera actors to save the scene.
This time they did it.
Regardless of the folk art programs that are popular with the audience, they include wrestling, playing with Chinese flags, playing foreign movies, playing lions, walking on stilts, and running on land boats.
For this year's New Year garden party, the Temple of Heaven Park not only has everything you need, but it can also keep pace with the times and connect with foreign gadgets.
How do you say this?
As we all know, in general, if we follow tradition.
Based on the legend that the willow branches in Guanyin's pure vase are thinking about the lower world, the big-headed monk was ordered to redevelop it.
The first part of the land boat must be the comedy "The Big-Headed Monk Visits Liu Cui" which has not changed for thousands of years.
The male character wears a smiling "big-headed monk" mask, a green cloth gown, holding a wooden fish, and a folding fan inserted into the collar behind his neck.
The female character who is a man disguised as a woman has a cloud on her temples, flowers on the side, wearing a Caidan costume and holding a handkerchief.
One is shaking his head and looking very naive.
The other is graceful and graceful, pretending to be shy.
Every Chinese citizen should have seen this scene.
But the Temple of Heaven Park is different this year, except for the traditional roles of a man and a woman.
I don’t know whose idea it was to add foreign characters like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck.
Under the watchful eyes of the public, the drumbeat of "Winter is not severe, winter is not harsh, winter is not severe, winter is not severe, winter is not severe, winter is not severe, clang, clang, clang-".
I saw only a mouse and a duck, two homemade "foreign friends", also holding hydrangea.
Although they wore loose costumes, they still tried their best to make various poses.
And this is not the end of the story. Following closely, there are other folk stories and myths such as "The Foolish Young Master Goes to Beijing", "Fisherman, Woodcutter and Farmer Reading the Music of the Four Seasons", "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", "The Legend of White Snake", "Journey to the West" and so on.
In the middle of the role.
Actually, the black cat police officer, the white cat police officer and the mouse "One Ear" were also mixed in.
These cartoon characters are all popular characters that are most popular among children across the country this year through the "Animation World" column of CCTV at 6 o'clock every day.
Just think about it and you will know how lively this place is.
Regardless of whether they are Chinese, Western, modern or traditional characters, without exception, these stilt dances are full of humor and fun under the bright rhythm, and they try their best to display twisting, shaking, chasing, teasing and other technical movements.
It was a really offbeat and avant-garde performance, a combination of local and foreign, which was very interesting.
As for the West Tianmen outer altar and the children's activity area, there are also unique things.
You know, there is not only the tree house built by Suining Weimin for the children, but also the small zoo he planned, and the actors from the acrobatic troupe who perform on time, and there are also several novel folk shows this year.
In addition to the bird trainer who can direct the little yellow bird to perform acrobatics with cards in its mouth, there is also a foreign film player who attracts people by singing "West Lake Scene".
Like playing monkey, it is something that children will get excited about whenever they watch it.
The animal trainers who do this are all country people, they can play gongs and sing, and they carry this small box.
They often allow their trained little monkeys to wear coats and hats, walk on a pole, and ride a stroller.
In terms of training difficulty, it is definitely not as good as the animal training performance of a real acrobatic troupe.
But because the show is straightforward and humorous, there is no child who won’t like watching it.
There is also a kind of entertainment performance, which was called "playing wudidui" in Beijing in the past. To put it bluntly, it is a puppet show performed by one person.
The actor used a pole to hold up a two-foot-square stage and surrounded it with a coarse blue cloth. Then he hid inside alone, singing and singing.
To be honest, the person invited by the Temple of Heaven this year did not bring enough props, even though he only sang the play "Wang Xiao Fights the Tiger".
But most of today's children have never seen this kind of puppet show, and they still attracted all their attention.
In fact, not to mention the children, even Ning Weimin was seeing them for the first time, and he looked at them with great interest and couldn't take his eyes off them.
This cannot be said to be that he is still a child at heart, but he can be said to be a master among the people.
We don’t know how many wonderful things in our lives have disappeared without even realizing it.