Time:
August 28, 2024
Event Location :
No. 14, Sec. 1, Wuchang St., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City (City God Temple of Taipei City)
Introduction:
Reducing CO2 in Emission while Worshiping Gods: https://reduce-co2.civil.taipei/Default.aspx
Officer: Wang, Zhen-Ru
Phone: 02-2361-5080
Website: http://www.citygod.tw/
Advisor: Taipei City Government
Organizer: Department of Civil Affairs of Taipei City Government and Taiwan Provincial City God Temple
Co-organizer: 12 District Offices of Taipei City
August 28, 2024
Event Location :
No. 14, Sec. 1, Wuchang St., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City (City God Temple of Taipei City)
Introduction:
The Department of Civil Affairs of the Taipei City Government has joined hands with the Taiwan Provincial City God Temple to organize the Taipei City Ghost Festival Ceremony (Pudu Ceremony) since 2009. The Ceremony followed the traditional rituals to pray for all citizens in Taipei City.
The Temple has been encouraging eco-friendly rituals for many years by promoting the centralized burning of joss paper and replacement of joss paper with rice, making it a benchmark temple for promoting eco-friendly rituals in Taipei City. In recent Pudu ceremonies, apart from promoting the cultural reform in rituals and customs through eco-friendly but solemn rituals, we have also advocated to reduce the consumption of incense and joss and paper, centralized burning of joss paper, and to replace joss paper with rice, to demonstrate the integration between replacement of joss paper with rice and traditional rituals, and to encourage the citizens to worship with sincerity by reducing the amount of joss paper burned. In addition, the list of participants who joined the online Pudu ceremony was presented to the City God Temple, their names will be mentioned by the Master for blessing. Folklore Council in each district also responded to the replacement of joss paper burning rituals with donation. Council encourages people to donate their money that originally used to purchase joss paper and offerings to the disadvantaged groups. This is a way to make a blessing while helping the earth and the disadvantaged people.
Taiwan Provincial City God Temple has made a lot of efforts to prepare for the Pudu Ceremony every year. On the table for the offerings, there are skillfully crafted sacrificial animals and various Buddhist decorations, which imply the meaning of peace and blessings and the relief of calamities. There are also large rice boats and exquisite ice and fruit sculptures that combine tradition and cultural creativity to pray for good weather and peace for Taipei City, and to attract lots of attention from the audience at the Ceremony
The Temple has been encouraging eco-friendly rituals for many years by promoting the centralized burning of joss paper and replacement of joss paper with rice, making it a benchmark temple for promoting eco-friendly rituals in Taipei City. In recent Pudu ceremonies, apart from promoting the cultural reform in rituals and customs through eco-friendly but solemn rituals, we have also advocated to reduce the consumption of incense and joss and paper, centralized burning of joss paper, and to replace joss paper with rice, to demonstrate the integration between replacement of joss paper with rice and traditional rituals, and to encourage the citizens to worship with sincerity by reducing the amount of joss paper burned. In addition, the list of participants who joined the online Pudu ceremony was presented to the City God Temple, their names will be mentioned by the Master for blessing. Folklore Council in each district also responded to the replacement of joss paper burning rituals with donation. Council encourages people to donate their money that originally used to purchase joss paper and offerings to the disadvantaged groups. This is a way to make a blessing while helping the earth and the disadvantaged people.
Taiwan Provincial City God Temple has made a lot of efforts to prepare for the Pudu Ceremony every year. On the table for the offerings, there are skillfully crafted sacrificial animals and various Buddhist decorations, which imply the meaning of peace and blessings and the relief of calamities. There are also large rice boats and exquisite ice and fruit sculptures that combine tradition and cultural creativity to pray for good weather and peace for Taipei City, and to attract lots of attention from the audience at the Ceremony
Reducing CO2 in Emission while Worshiping Gods: https://reduce-co2.civil.taipei/Default.aspx
Officer: Wang, Zhen-Ru
Phone: 02-2361-5080
Website: http://www.citygod.tw/
1.Announcement of Ghost Festival Ceremony (Pudu Ceremony)
2.Announcement and online pudu
3.Presenting the worshipers and participants’ list to the City God
4.Folklore councils offer the replacement of joss paper burning rituals with donation
5.Rice offering in the shape of a pig
6.Rice offering in the shape of a sheep
Advisor: Taipei City Government
Organizer: Department of Civil Affairs of Taipei City Government and Taiwan Provincial City God Temple
Co-organizer: 12 District Offices of Taipei City