(Photographed by reporter Zhou Xingrui) 2023 Matsu Beigan Festival Cultural Festival in Qiaozai Village, people went to Lingtai Palace to pray for good luck.

[Reporter Zhou Xingrui/Mazu Report] The 2023 Matsu Beigan Waving Night Cultural Festival kicks off on the twelfth day of the first lunar month (twelfth night). On the fourteenth day of the day, there is a worship and blessing activity in Qiaozai Village.

Local residents and foreign tourists made a special trip to visit the well-known temples in Qiaozai Village on the afternoon of the same day (February 4th) according to their personal wishes, such as: seeking children, seeking safety, seeking promotion, titles on the gold list of examinations, seeking wealth, etc. , due to the variety of prayers and special prayer ceremonies in the village, it forms another eye-catching focus of the pendulum culture festival.

(Photographed by reporter Zhou Xingrui) Qiaozai Village is described as "there are more gods than people". There are many unique temples in the area. The picture shows the Palace of Marshals.

Qiaozai Village is a small village near the sea, with a population of less than 100 people, but there are many temples, and each temple enshrines many gods. It is described as "there are more gods than people". During the cultural festival, the villagers put down their work and went to the temple to help with the worship activities. The believers also came to pay their respects enthusiastically, and the whole village suddenly became lively.

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(Photographed by reporter Zhou Xingrui) Begging the female commander-in-chief to ask for an heir, if you want to have a boy, bring white flowers and white eggs, and if you want to have a girl, bring home red flowers and red eggs.

If you have no idea, you can ask the temple staff for advice. This year, the organizers of the festival also printed posters and put them on the walls of each temple, telling everyone what to pray for in which temple, as well as the procedures for visiting.

For example, if you wish to have an heir, you can pray to the Marshal Palace. After following the prayer procedure, if you want a boy, bring white flowers and white eggs; if you want a girl, bring red flowers and red eggs home, put the flowers in a vase next to the bed, and the wife eats the eggs.

(Photographed by reporter Zhou Xingrui) Ask for fortune money at Xuantan Palace, and depending on the result of the throwing, you can borrow 600 or 200 yuan from the temple.

In addition, if you want to add good luck to Lingtai Palace, the whole ceremony is carried out in the Bagua array; pray for safety and health to worship the five blessings; According to the result of throwing the bamboo, you can borrow 600 yuan or 200 yuan from the temple to make a fortune.

(Photographed by reporter Zhou Xingrui) When asking for a lottery from Xuantian God, one must get a lottery according to the result of the throwing.

These temples are important belief centers of the local people, but usually there are not so many people who can carry out prayers and perform deeds. Only when the festival is held can everyone gather their strength to do it. After the festival is over, everyone returns to work. No wonder Residents should rush to visit the temples to pray for blessings while the fourteenth is dark.

(Photographed by reporter Zhou Xingrui) The food blessing dinner of King Xiao’s Mansion was held in the temple, and the scene was grand.

On the evening of the 14th, there will be a "Shifu" safety banquet in the square in front of the temple or in the temple, and the banquet will be held for the relevant personnel who participated in the banquet, and it is also held in the restaurant.

The Xiaowangfu Shifu dinner was held in the Xiaowangfu temple. There were more than 10 tables. Everyone was like having a reunion dinner. They happily exchanged greetings, toasted each other, and wished each other a happy Lantern Festival. The scene made adults and children laugh haha.

Amidst the roar of people and excitement, people can feel the power gathered by the Matsu people because of the night festival, as well as the warm local feelings.

(Photographed by reporter Zhou Xingrui) During the Shifu dinner in Prince Xiao's Mansion, "Bao Changgong" came here to have fun with everyone.

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