The Taishan Temple Fair, also known as the "March 28 Temple Fair", has a long history. According to local chronicles, the temple fair was formed as early as the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and its grand occasion can be said to be the best in Nanjing Jiangbei. The Taishan Temple Fair is a historical accumulation of the folk cultural background and unique regional environment in the Pukou area of Nanjing. It is a unique folk cultural phenomenon formed in the long-term penetration and integration with Buddhist and Taoist cultures. It is an important and irreplaceable comprehensive folk culture and trade activity for the people of Nanjing Jiangbei and even the surrounding areas. The Taishan Temple Fair is held from March 27 to 29 of the lunar calendar every year. March 28 is the main day. The exchange of materials extends from Taishan New Village to Xiangyang Bridge. The stalls extend for several kilometers. There is a large flow of people and traffic congestion. It is a spontaneous 0 flow fair. Every year, the district government dispatches more than a dozen departments such as industry and commerce, religion, public security, traffic police, city appearance, and streets to participate in maintaining order. In 2004, the local government issued a notice to cancel the trading items of the temple fair due to safety reasons, which made the temple fair much deserted in recent years and has not yet been restored. The local government has attached importance to the protection of the Taishan Temple Fair, guided and regulated the temple fair, strengthened management, provided financial support, and built circuits, fire protection, sanitation and other facilities at the temple fair venues in order to revitalize this temple fair activity. The basic characteristics and main values of the Taishan Temple Fair are reflected in the following aspects: 1. Historicity. The Taishan Temple Fair began in the early Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 600 years. During the Taishan Temple Fair, the people actively participated, especially on the day of the "March 28th", when the streets were deserted. "Going out to the fair to patrol the streets", "burning incense and worshiping", and various folk art performances are the main carriers of the Taishan Temple Fair. From the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China until the late 1940s, it has been enduring and has shown the charm of comprehensive folk culture. After the founding of New China, although the "going out to the fair to patrol the streets" was abolished, the material exchange that replaced it not only became an important carrier of the Taishan Temple Fair, but also injected new and powerful vitality into it. 2. Folklore. The Taishan Temple Fair is a folk custom activity with a 600-year history and rich cultural connotations. It has been continued and developed in line with the development of social politics, economy and culture in various historical periods. The various forms of the Taishan Temple Fair are all based on praying for peace, good weather, abundant grains and prosperous trade. In essence, it is an external expression of the public's yearning for a better life through folk cultural activities. 3. Artistry. The Taishan Temple Fair is a platform and window for displaying folk culture and art in the Jiangbei area of Nanjing. There are many folk art projects in Pukou, such as dragon dance, lion dance, stilts, dry boat, clam dance, old man's stall, sedan chair, donkey dance, overlord whip and more than ten different styles of performance projects, which almost cover the types of folk art performances in Nanjing and even the surrounding areas. 4. Regionality. The prosperity of the Taishan Temple Fair is probably related to the geographical factors of Pukou. Pukou is a transportation hub between the north and the south, and various cultures can easily blend here. Once foreign culture is combined with the local culture of Pukou, a unique comprehensive cultural phenomenon is formed. 5. Timeliness. The Taishan Temple Fair has developed with the times. In the early days, the Taishan Temple Fair was a simple folk sacrificial activity, which was to pray to the gods for good luck, peace, good harvests, and prosperity of livestock. Later, due to the needs of social development, folk art activities and material exchange activities were added.