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Shiyan Temple Fair is a folk custom item in the fifth batch of representative items of municipal intangible cultural heritage. It originated in the Song Dynasty and flourished from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the early days of liberation. In order to pray for good weather, good harvests every year, and better lives, the settled "Suqian" people quickly merged with the local people and held the "Dutian Temple Fair" in memory of the two national heroes Zhang Xun and Yang Duanwen, famous generals of the Tang Dynasty. The time is the 18th day of the fifth lunar month and the 10th day of the tenth lunar month every year, and the organizers are the chamber of commerce and industry branches in the town.