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《TAIPEI TIMES》Baishatun Matsu sets off, expects 110,000 to join - 焦點

Staff writer, with CNAThe annual Baishatun Matsu Pilgrimage began early yesterday in Miaoli County, with more than 110,000 worshipers expected to attend the nine-day event, one of Taiwan’s largest religious processions.

Baishatun Matsu returns after record pilgrimage

Organizers were celebrating record attendance at the Baishatun Matsu procession, which completed a week-long journey when it returned to Gongtian Temple (拱天宮) in Miaoli County’s Tongsiao Township (通霄鎮) on Friday. Despite restrictions during a COVID-19 outbreak, with organizers permitting registration only for people who provided evidence of having had three COVID-19 vaccine shots, 98,000 people signed up, said Hong Wen-hua (洪文華), a member of the temple’s management committee. People who registered paid a fee and received armbands, hats, decals and other items, Hong said, adding 80,000 people registered last year. Health officials had expressed concern about such large group activities. Miaoli County Commissioner Hsu

Baishatun Matsu mission to be held on May 20 to 27

The Baishatun Matsu pilgrimage, one of the largest annual religious processions in the nation, is to be held from May 20 to 27, organizers said on Monday. Hung Wen-hua (洪文華), head of the management committee at the Baishatun Gong Tian Temple in Miaoli County, said that the date was chosen by the sea goddess Matsu using divination blocks, a popular local religious practice used to seek guidance from deities. The annual pilgrimage, which has been held for more than 200 years, is one of the two most important Matsu pilgrimages in Taiwan, the other being the Dajia Matsu pilgrimage. Every year, the statue

Baishatun Matsu sets off from Miaoli

Baishatun Matsu sets off from Miaoli
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