Lotus Market

Lotus Market

Lotus market is a popular summer resort in Beijing. It has a playground and a commodity market. There are many quyi performances in it. Lotus market rose in the 1920s. It is located on the West Bank of the lotus pond in Shichahai. There are many food stalls selling fresh lotus and ice bowls. There is a lotus pool in the middle. There is a river protection outside the pool. There is a board on the river and a shed on the board for performance. It starts on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month and ends in August. It starts near noon and ends before sunset. Visitors need to buy a brand of erjiao water, and the income from performing arts is included in the tea money.

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At first, shuangyuefeng, he Yuefeng, xiaoruizi and renzhonghe performed in the lotus market. Later, they often performed Jingyun Dagu by Bai Fengming and Lian youru, Lianzhu kuaishu by GE Hengquan, Xiangsheng by Jiao Dehai, Liu Dezhi and Hua Ziyuan, Beiban Dagu by sun Maozhi, jinziliang and Ge Yong He's Shuanghuang, Baiyushan's lianhualuo performance, etc.

origin

In the late 1930's, the performance here gradually died down.

According to Shen taimou's caifengzhi of Chunming, "Shichahai is located in the west of Di'anmen, where the lotus is the most abundant. In June, scholars and girls gathered, all on the North Bank of Qianhai. During the Tongzhi period, tea sheds were set up and all kinds of things were added. " What he called "the North Bank of Qianhai" was in the period of Tongzhi and Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. Later, restaurants were built by setting up tea sheds, and many more houses were built. The location was around the barbecue season restaurant by Yinding bridge, and the lotus market was moved to the levee in the middle of Qianhai. At that time, the water surface of Shichahai was covered with lotus, and the weeping willow on the bank was in accordance with the river. The scenery was excellent, and the market was named lotus market. In the late Qing Dynasty, the scene of tianzhidianwen is described as follows: "most of the people in the capital travel in Shichahai, so the skirt and clogs compete for the trend because they are the closest to the market. Long summer sunset, fire umbrella first convergence. Liu Yin water song, fan before the wind. The tea and melons were in a mess. The glass dissolves in ten hectares. Han Han a branch, fragrance Ran Ran It is described as a gouache painting with rich charm and remote imagination. It was not until 1990 that Beijing reopened the lotus market. Mr. Qigong, a famous calligrapher, wrote the plaque of "lotus market" and hung it on the memorial archway of qianhaixi street

Late Qing Dynasty

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the lotus market was a seasonal market. About every year, the market opened after the Dragon Boat Festival in May. After the orchid bowl meeting on July 15, with the weather getting cooler, the market should close. Seriously speaking, the busiest time of the year is always in June and July, which can be regarded as a gathering of department stores and a variety of dramas. They sell not only daily necessities, but also antiques, calligraphy and paintings, handicrafts, as well as all the Beijing snacks. In addition, lotus pods, water chestnut, tender lotus roots and other products picked from the lake are popular in the market, which meet the needs of all kinds of people. There are all kinds of dramas, folk arts, acrobatics, storytellers, drum singers and foreign films. They can be regarded as both refined and popular. They are suitable for all ages. Therefore, they can attract all kinds of people, from eunuchs and literati to Buyi women and Pingtou people. They are always happy and forget to return. The scene is almost more lively than visiting Changdian in January. The twelve sceneries of Beijing folk songs, which is compiled in the most popular Beijing dialect, specially sings: "it's a hot day in June. In front of Shichahai, it's time to enjoy the lotus. Men and women are constantly listening to it. After listening to the Dagu book, it's not easy to listen to it again. Stroll along the river, fruit stalls, watermelon melon bars, sweet mouth, iced sour plum soup hit ice. I bought a lotus seed and went back home. "

After the Republic of China

After entering the Republic of China, the lotus market still flourished for a while. A brief history of cultural relics in the old capital, published in 1933, also records: "about three miles before the sea, the lotus was in full bloom. Most of them are Dizhai in Northwest China. There is a long dike in the middle, from north to East, planting willows along the dike, high into the clouds. Since summer and autumn, tea heirs have been set up all over the levee, and a variety of plays have been played for entertainment However, with the KMT government moving its capital to Nanjing, the lotus market gradually declined and finally became invisible. It was not until 1990 that Beijing reopened the lotus market. Mr. Qigong, a famous calligrapher, wrote the plaque of "lotus market" and hung it on the memorial archway of qianhaixi street. At that time, all kinds of snack stalls were set up in the market, fried and cooked, and made in the open air. In order to protect the environment around Shichahai, the relevant departments cancelled all the food stalls and changed the lotus market into an antique market.

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