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Huji Book Fair
Huji Book Fair is a quyi event which emerged and took root in Huji Town, Huimin County,in Shandong Province. The fair, which is more than 800 years old, first began in the Yuan Dynasty, but really bloomed during the Qing Dynasty and is still held today. The fair has transitioned from a competition to a social exchange between quyi practitioners and has become a custom which is self-organized by grassroots quyi practitioners and amateurs, and used as a platform to compare notes with each other. Huji Book Fair was entered into the directory of the first edition of National Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2006.
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1 Huji Book Fair is the treasure to Shandong province and China as a whole.

2 Huji Book Fair has a long and profound history, which has been inherited by people from generation to generation.

3 Huji Book Fair serves as a best way for cutural communication and cultural exchange.