Mutton vendor earns $25,000 at 8-day Longtan Temple Fair  

北京龙潭庙会“标王”：卖肉串8天净赚十五六万

昨日，庙会绝大多数商家都打出“甩卖牌”，抓紧最后的时间出手剩下的商品。与众不同的是“标王”。昨日下午3时，龙潭庙会内的“标王肉串”摊位便已因售罄早早关张。该摊位老板称，八天庙会，净利润可达“十五六万元”。[查看全文]

(ECNS) -- The top bidder for the best stall at the Longtan Temple Fair in Beijing boasted of earning 160,000 yuan ($24,748) in profit from selling skewered mutton during the Spring Festival Day and the following holiday, the Beijing News reported.

The bidder surnamed Guo leased the stall at the fair for 162,000 yuan and also leased three other stalls before the long holiday.

Guo closed his business on the afternoon of the last day of the holiday, as businessmen at other stalls continued shouting for the last sale.

"All the mutton has been sold out, which is beyond my expectation," he said, estimating that his four stalls had sold nearly 6,000 strings of mutton.

Guo has done business at the temple fair for 11 years.

Longtan Temple Fair attracted the second biggest number of visitors this year, followed by the Ditan Temple Fair.