大年初二逛地坛 Visiting the Spring Festival Fair in Ditan Park

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大年初二逛地坛 早就听说地坛庙会在因疫情停办了四年之后，今年春节又要重新开张，一直在期盼着。前几天同学薄庆春提前逛了地坛，并做了庙会的“美篇宣传”，更激起了我逛庙会的欲望。Weeks ago I heard that after four years stop because of the Coronaviries the Ditan Temple Fair will be reopened this year. I Have been expecting to see! Especially when my good friend Mr. Bo, a few days before the Fair opening, explored the mystery of it and wrote an article about the Fair preparation. All that aroused my strong desire to go! 　　同学薄庆春已提前几天“探秘”，做了宣传。My old classmate Mr. Bo explored the mystery of the Fair preparation before the official opening. 　　大年初一一大早，我和小吴就开车直奔地坛，路上竟有些冷清。奇怪，往年庙会通往地坛的路，可是人山人海，今天怎么了？到了地坛北门才得知，我是太心急了，庙会初二才正式开始，虽然失望，也只好等着第二天了。On the morning of the Spring Festival Day of January 1st according to the traditional Chinese calendar Miss Wu and I straight drove to the Ditan park. Strange! All the way was empty not like in the past when the road was full of cars and people. What happened today? When we got to the north gate of Ditan to our disappointment we were told that the Fair would be opened only next day. We were too hurry! So we decided to come back again the following day. 大年初一，路上人车稀少On the day of the Spring Festival the road was empty of cars and people. 　　初二一大早参加完中学同学组织的视频“老同学联欢会”之后，我和小吴再次赶往地坛。为避免公园门前找不到车位，提前把车停在公园附近的石化规划院门前，然后步行前往。On the morning of next day after the video gathering party of my middle school classmates we drove to Ditan park again. To avoid the situation that there could be no parking place I put my car in the parking lot of the chemical research institute which is not too far from the Fair. From there we walked up to Ditan. 赶到地坛公园北门，这里已经人山人海，购票观众人头攒动，但排队秩序还是良好。今天购票规则是60岁以下的成年人，十元一张的整票，60岁以上的老年人，五元一张半票，学生们凭学生证可以购到半票入园。When we got to the North Gate of Ditan park we were surprised that there were so many people crowded in the rows waiting to buy Fair tickets. Today's regulation was that people over sixty enjoyed half price , 5 Yuan for one, so did the students, while the full price was 10 Yuan for one. 地坛公园庙会门票Full price ticket 我享受到半票的优惠I was honored one half price ticket. 　　进入公园北门，映入眼帘的是张灯结彩、热闹非凡的节日景象。看来要想看人气非庙会莫属。Entering the North Gate of the park we saw beautiful red lanterns and colored hangings on the trees, bustling festival views came into our eyes, mass of bobbling heads were moving. It seems that if you want to see people the Fair is the right place. 公园里人头攒动mass of bobbling heads moving around 大红灯笼高高挂紫气东来过大年Red lanterns and colored hangings on the trees demonstrating the warm Spring Festival atmosphere. 　　从地坛北门一直往前，一路挤进方泽坛广场。这里同样人挨人，但稍微好些。各种投币获奖游戏吸引着老少游客，奖品有毛绒玩具、玩具汽车、摆件等。老夫突发少年狂，我也想去拼一把手气。来到购币窗口，队伍太长，还是摇头放弃了。Along the corridor from the North Gate we squized ahead through the crowded people and finally we arrived at Fangze Alter Square. Here were less people although still head by head. Here we could breathe more easily. On the side and in the center of the Square there were various game platforms attracting old and young. They prepared all kinds of rewards such as plush toys, car toys and different small stuff. There are sales windows where you could buy game COINS. If you could shoot your target with the coin you get reward. I watched a little while and found that to shoot your target you should have a good luck . As an old man I am, I suddenly wanted to try. I stood in the line to buy COINS but the line was so long that I finally gave up. 小吴在方泽坛拍个照Ms Wu is take a photo of the Fangze Alter. 投币获奖游戏点Game platform 　　观察了一会儿，看来若要获奖，多半靠运气。Watching a little while my conclusion is that if you want to get a reward you must have a good luck. 购币窗口队伍太长，只好作罢The line to buy COINS was so long that I gave up. 还是去看年货吧，这里精品年货随便挑Let's go to see the festival stuffs, there are excellent ones for you to choose. 炸糕爆肚样样有You may entertain yourself with fried cakes or cooked tripes. 稻香村、张一元等老字号深受游人欢迎The old brands such as Daoxiangcun and Zhangyi Yuan are warmly welcomed by the visitors. 终于看到了我的最爱Eventually I found my favorite 今天的羊肉串又长又大，馋涎欲滴，价格也还不错，25元一串Today's shish kebabs are big and thick with all charmings, the price is not so expensive, it is 25 Yuan per string. 小吴挤到人群前面抢购Ms.Wu squized to the front tobuy. 我说买一串，她偏偏买两串，自己又不吃I told her just buy one string but she bought two while she didn't eat it. 她自己选了著名小吃炸鱿鱼She chose her own favorite—fried calamari. 美式星巴克也喜欢中国元素The American StarBucks also likes the Chinese element. 庙会中的舞台，在这里欣赏了名角的演出The performance platform where you could see excellent performances of famous actresses and actors. 我们的家乡，在希望的田野上The song goes: our hometown is on the hopefull land...... 精彩节目接应不暇More performances are coming continuously 天津展台上的剪纸图画不错，50元一幅，要了两幅The paper cut art looks nice on the Tianjin stand. She chose two each cost 50 Yuan. Ms.Wu bought two paper cuts with frames. 手工艺品尽显国粹精华The handicrafts of traditions showthe quintessence of Chinesecultures. 都说现在没有小偷了，还得感谢园里的公安大哥People say nowdays there are no thieves that is because our police brothers protect us. 美女们永远是一道靓景Lovely girls always remain a beautiful view on the Fair. 还是到书店逛逛吧Ao, Let's wander in the bookstore. 这里售卖的是旧书，看中了一本《唐诗一万首》They sell old books here. I picked up one 《Ten Thousand Poems of Tang Dynasty》. 收获满满，回家喽Fruitful day! Going home now! 　　从地坛出来，人们仍然络绎不绝地在赶下午的庙会。Out of Ditan park people are continuously coming for afternoon's Fair. 给地坛庙会点赞，耶！明年再来！Well done Ditan! See you next year!