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The spike in locally transmitted COVID-19 cases since mid-May more than 2,500 as of Saturday led President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) Friday to call on the public to stay at home this weekend in an effort to slow the spread of the disease. ....
CNA file photo Taipei, Feb. 3 (CNA) Temples across Taiwan are grappling with how to handle their traditional Lunar New Year events amid efforts by the central and local governments to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Taipei Xia-Hai City God Temple in the city s Songshan District on Tuesday announced changes to its Lunar New Year celebrations, canceling its tradition of handing out red envelopes originally scheduled for Lunar New Year s Eve on Feb. 11. The Taoist temple also said it is still thinking about whether to go ahead with its Lantern Festival celebrations around Feb. 26. The Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb. 26 this year, marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations. ....
Taiwan in Time: Warding off disease for 165 years Qingshan Temple’s annual festivities have waxed and waned over the past century, but last weekend’s all-night procession came under fire for noise pollution By Han Cheung / Staff reporter Dec. 14 to Dec. 20 A group of fishermen set sail from Taiwan in 1854 to protect today’s Wanhua District (萬華) from a devastating pandemic by retrieving a deity, known as Qingshanwang (青山王, Green Mountain King), from their ancestral home of Huian County (惠安) in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province. Upon returning to Wanhua, they hauled it inland, but only made it a little way because the effigy suddenly became too heavy to move. Worshippers saw it as a sign and built the first iteration of Qingshan Temple (青山宮). ....