In PengHu, ChiGuei is one of important things in Lantern Festival.  According to TongPan (a government position) Hu, JianWei (Belief Record about PengHu), ‘for Lantern Festival, all families get up and hang lanterns at the door and halls at night of Jan. 13rd, and prepare offerings for heaven, land, and water gods at night of Jan. 15^th.  All family members eat and drink, and play drums and gongs.  Some dress up and have trips to other places.  In temples lanterns are hang high, and flower and people figures are set.  Men and women go outdoors for lantern watching.  Women looking forward boys will pray to gods and take a flower or a boy figure back home.  If a boy is born, women will prepare flowers and figures to offer to god next year’（Hu, 1767:155）

　　From the record in early years, festivity and multiple customs on Lantern Festival in PengHu can be observed.  Flowers were the beg object in early days, but now Guei (turtle) becomes the target to symbol safety, health, and wealth.  MaGong City becomes busy in Lantern Festival, one of important traditional festivals, and temples have their own characters, such as the large rice Guei in MaGong TienHou Temple, and ‘ShanSuei’ (mountain and water) golden Guei in SuoGang (lock harbor), and fruit dragon in HaiLing Palace, the importance visiting place for residents or tourists.

On Lantern Festival, ChiGuei is an important.  Generally, beggar will describe his beg offering to the temple, incense and pray in front of god with reporting name, address, purpose, and next-year return, and toss for Yin and Yang combination to win beg objects (some temples required three times ) .  Beggar may change wishes or add returns, then toss till win (if fail for three times, it means “not allowing’).   The temple will re-set the Guei to head outside and plug incenses on it, and the beggar may take it home or stay it in temple until the last night of festival periods.  

　　On that day, the temples set the safety bridge which is cleaned by a witch, to allow people pass and catch safety eggs. 

Drive on 201 county Rd. or in City to get temples, or take bus (PengNan Line or all lines to center city)