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¡¥Enhance
luck and fate¡¦ is an important part in life of
PengHu resident. On every 1st or 15th day in lunar
calendar, women in all villages pray in temples.
¡¥Enhance luck and fate¡¦ is a sort of custom in
traditional life, and still now, proving its
importance in locality. The meaning of diaster or
pain relieving is to expect smothness and lucks in
the coming year. MaGong ChengHuang Temple holds the
ceremony of ¡¥Enhance Luck and Fate¡¦ on June 6th
every year, where all family members participate,
and red rice ball, sweet rice, longan, egg, and
long-life coin are used to pray for good lucks.
Offerings from all families set on the dedication
tables in the evening, and people keep crowded in
temple till midgnight. |
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All family member or women go
together to the temple. Without ceremony process
hosted by clergy, prayers bring their offerings to
temple and start the praying, and sweep away shelled
offerings (such as longan and egg) at the end, as a
symbol of a new start or bad luck gone. |