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Most areas in PengHu have similar traditional
belief. A village shapes a praying circle with public
temple and god inside as the center. WuFu King Temple in
the most north part of JhongShe Village, WangAn Country, is
the central belief, far opposite to Siao Family Temple in
the most south part of village. Organization of public
Temple is composed of board members (the controller for
policy making about the temple), seniors (also called as
'senior villager', male villager over 50 and responsible for
collecting household money and pass decisions in board), and
clergy (fate seers (9 male and 1 female), witch (40 to 50
persons), senior, and manager). Temple festivals in
JhongShe Village include (1) regular: each 1st and 15th day
in lunar calendar, busiest for god birthday and lantern
festival, and (2) irregular: gorgeous and joyful, such as 'Jian
Jiao' worship and circuit JhenFu, ¡¥enhance luck and fate¡¦ to
TienTai Mountain, and participation in festivals of allied
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