Time:
August 22, 2022
Event Location :
No. 14, Sec. 1, Wuchang St., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City (Taiwan Provincial City God Temple)
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 22, 2022
Event Location :
No. 14, Sec. 1, Wuchang St., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei City (Taiwan Provincial City God Temple)
Introduction:
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.
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.
Taiwan Provincial City God Temple puts a lot of effort into the preparation for the annual Zhongyuan Pudu Peace Praying Ceremony. The ornamental meals for the deceased are beautifully displayed with marvelous craftsmanship. The exquisite visual feast implies various Buddhism meanings, such as praying for peace and blessings while averting disasters and bad luck. The Temple also stacks numerous packages of blessed rice and turns them into patterns of Bagua (eight trigrams), Dharma Wheel, swastika (sign), etc. Recently years, there are also blessed rice treasure ships, delicate ice sculptures of flower bouquets, and fruit carving artworks at the ceremony to pray for favorable weather, peace, and prosperity.
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
