The Temple of Earth and Me book fair resumed in Beijing’s Ditan Park on Friday after a 10-year hiatus. Photo: VCG

A senior peruses books on display Sunday. Photo: VCG

A child picks up books from a shopping cart Saturday. Photo: Chen Yifan, intern reporter /Caixin

A mother reads a book with her child. Photo: Chen Yifan, intern reporter /Caixin

Readers browse through vintage books on Friday. The book fair, spanning 11 days, attracted some 120,000 visitors during its first weekend. Photo: VCG

Liu Wentian, a cultural inheritor from Fangshan, Beijing, was invited to the fair to share the art of making handicraft paper windmills. Photo: Wen Zhizhi, intern reporter /Caixin

A staff member at the fair prepares winter cabbage buns, known to be the favorite food of renowned Chinese writer, Lu Xun. Photo: Wen Zhizhi, intern reporter /Caixin

A woman reads a book to a child seated in a shopping cart Ditan Park on Sunday. The park is the second largest imperial altar and was a worship site for the Earth God during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911). Photo: VCG