After the reform and opening up from 65438 to 0978, incense gradually flourished after the policy of freedom of religious belief was re-implemented. 1993 was rebuilt with the approval of Dengzhou Municipal People's Government, which pushed the popularity of Ding Dong to an unprecedented height. According to the investigation, in recent years, every third day of the third lunar month is not only the birthday of Zhenwu God, but also the annual temple fair in Ding Dong, and countless believers from neighboring towns, counties and cities and even neighboring Hubei Province flock from all directions in the early morning. In Shandengzhou city, as early as the night before, there were many buses working overtime on the street, and many people had to go to Dongding to burn incense at midnight or early morning when the sun came out. In order to seek children, to get rid of diseases, to ensure peace, or to look forward to the future, more people are doing business and praying for wealth. Goulin Town is about five or six miles away from Ding Dong Ancestral Temple, but it is unknown whether cars can get in. All the cars are parked on the side of the road, and the parking lot is even more crowded. It's really crowded, crowded, with suona and firecrackers. Most people in the temple hold incense tables, some carry incense and cloth, some even carry offerings such as whole pigs and whole sheep, and even teams of suona drum music buildings come to make vows, rub their shoulders and wipe their ears, and then offer gifts and incense in front of statues such as the Jade Emperor, the Grandfather, the Zhenwu God, the Father and the Virgin Mary. The divination room is the most lively, drawing out the best signer, congratulating loudly, and can't help setting off firecrackers excitedly; Those who draw lots should go to the transfer hall on the right. Some people spit and cracked, so they couldn't help smoking another one. In the square outside the temple, several plays are often staged at the same time, usually from the first day to the fourth day. Those who make up before the performance should burn incense and kowtow to Zhenwu and other gods before the official performance. All kinds of trading markets are roughly divided into different areas, which spread along the hillside, and it is simply a sea of people, pushing and shoving. Mountain products, bamboo, clothing, cloth, household appliances, livestock, agricultural machinery, furniture and appliances, etc. , seems to have everything. Especially incense watches and snacks can be seen everywhere. There are also those who play circus, stilts, roller coasters and sedan chairs, those who do clay sculpture, embroidery and paper cutting, and those who shoot billiards, hoop, video games and air guns. This is a world of all beings, a sea of laughter. At noon, I don't know how many extra-large firecrackers exploded, the sound of guns soared into the sky, and the four fields sang together. The cannon in the middle broke out from time to time, and the sound was like thunder, which was earth-shattering and pushed people's emotions to a climax. All the people in the world, when the problem of survival is not solved, people are more afraid to eat raw food to fill their stomachs first. After all, "food is the most important thing for the people"! When the problem of survival no longer exists, people's spiritual pursuit seems to be naturally enriched. Although people who kowtow to Ding Dong may not have a deep understanding of the connotation of Taoism, it should be said that this belief or pursuit is still of some positive significance!
Ding Dong Ancestral Temple is a large-scale Taoist activity place in dengzhou city, but today's Ding Dong Ancestral Temple is backward in all aspects, and some facilities need to be rebuilt and improved urgently. In 2011-2015 years, in order to improve the popularity of Dengzhou, Ding Dong ancestral temple plans to strive for superior funds and self-raised funds, about100000 yuan, rebuild Jindian and Taoist Association, build parking lots, theaters and supporting facilities inside and outside, and build a Taoist cultural tourism center in southwest Henan.