2021 City God Temple of Taipei City - Zhongyuan Pudu Peace Praying Ceremony

Department of Civil Affairs of Taipei City Government has been jointly organizing the annual Zhongyuan Pudu Peace Praying Ceremony with City God Temple (Cheng Huang Temple) of Taipei City since 2009. The organizers aim to reform the conventional worship customs by promoting eco-friendly, solemn rituals. The organizers further urge the public to reduce the usage of incense sticks and joss paper, to centralize joss paper burning as well as to replace joss paper with rice. 
In 2018, in response to Department of Civil Affairs’ policy of “replacing joss paper with rice”, City God Temple launched a creative product, Black & White Blessed Rice. The two colours symbolize the realms of the living and the dead under the government of City God or Chenghuang Ye.  To set an example for all devotees, in recent years, City God Temple uses cone-shaped piles of black & white rice to replace the offering of joss paper. It is an ideal way to preserve the traditional culture and the environment as worship is not about rituals, but a devout involvement of heart.