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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 ....
The Dajia Matsu Pilgrimage, the largest annual religious procession in the nation, concluded on Sunday with the return of sea goddess Matsu to Jenn Lann Temple in Taichung’s Dajia District (大甲). The procession, which took the sea goddess on a 340km journey through Taichung, and Changhua, Yunlin and Chiayi counties and back, began on the night of April 8 and ended at the temple on Sunday night. The number of attendees at the nine-day procession was markedly lower than previous years, due to soaring local COVID-19 cases, event organizers said. Locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in Taiwan increased sharply during the pilgrimage, with the ....
As the Dajia Matsu procession passed through Changhua County on Saturday last week, China Unification Promotion Party (CUPP) founder Chang An-le (張安樂) led a group of party members to welcome the palanquin bearing a statue of the sea goddess Matsu. A scuffle ensued between police, CUPP members and others. The incident was a publicity stunt. As the CUPP has been marginalized in Taiwan, it has been trying to grab attention by stirring up trouble. From the CUPP members’ “dress code” that day vests bearing the words “Taiwan independence will lead to war” people should be able to see through ....