On behalf of Babei, Chen Minxiong (left), the chairperson of the Golden Luan Palace, drew out this year's mullet public lottery.

(Photo by reporter Su Funan)

[Reporter Su Funan/Kaohsiung Report] This year, the Jinluan Palace, a local public temple in Xiaqie, Kaohsiung, released the "Mullet Public Lottery". Mazu Po predicted that this year's mullet flood situation will still be "gradually improving"!

Qielong Xingda Fishing Port used to be the largest mullet fishing base in Taiwan. In its heyday, the fleet of mullet fishing fleets numbered several hundred. In the early years, fishermen in the sea would ask the mother-in-law and the prince in Zhuangtou to learn about the status of mullet. Asking for instructions to draw lots led to the development of a unique "mullet public lottery" post-cup culture in the four major temples of Qielong. At present, only the Jinluan Palace of Xiaqielong still retains this traditional culture.

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The mullet lottery of Jinluan Palace is usually drawn one month before the winter solstice. The head of the temple prays to Mazu Po for instructions to draw lots. Usually, one "first lottery" and one "last lottery" are drawn, showing the mullet before and after the winter solstice. The situation was published in Miaocheng for reference by the fishermen who caught Uganda back then.

This year's Golden Luan Palace mullet public signing was signed by the chairman Chen Minxiong on behalf of Babei, and the first signature was: "The old grudges have not been changed, and the family's disasters will never come to us; we must be careful and make good fortune, and the reunion of dragons and snakes will lead to harmony. "The signature at the end reads: "Fame and career are based on the sky, so there is no need to worry about it; if you ask about the delay and speed in the middle, the storm will be in front of you."

The fisherman in Qigao infers the status of the mullet fish based on the plot annotations of the Gezai Opera of each poem signed. This year's first lottery is "Jiang Weiwei's lucky event Zhuangzi breaks the coffin", and the last lottery is "Xue Rengui Comes Home and Meets Dingshan". Chen Minxiong According to the preliminary analysis of the signed poems, Ma Zupo predicted that the situation of mullet fish this year will still be "gradually improving".

Chen Minxiong said that due to climate change, mullet resources are becoming increasingly scarce. The only group of mullet fishing boats in Xingda Port, the "Lian Chunman", only caught more than 20,000 mullets last year. Same day.

Associate Professor Jian Wenmin of Gaoyuan University of Science and Technology led a research team to record the mullet public signing ceremony of the Golden Luan Palace on the spot, and will submit it to the Kaohsiung Municipal History Museum for review of intangible cultural assets. Jian Wenmin said that the mullet public signing ceremony of the Golden Luan Palace reflects the ancestors of the Han There has been a history of mullet fishing in the western coast of Taiwan since the Dutch period, and before the development of satellite and marine technology, through the traditional knowledge and practice of solar terms and the devotion to Mazu belief, we can obtain fishing information and enhance the ability to catch mullet. Fish confidence.

Fishermen sign poems based on the plot notes of Gezai Opera, which is unique and can promote the preservation of traditional Gezai Opera to achieve a complementary effect; each fishing boat will bring the public signature of mullet back to Yuliao, and then ask the prince or other gods to make more detailed inquiries about the public signature , which shows the connection between the main palace, Jiaotou Temple and the prince in this area, and also reflects the characteristics of the local social structure, which are the characteristics of the ceremonial ritual of the mullet.

The mullet public lottery usually draws a "first lottery" and a "last lottery" each, showing the status of mullet before and after the winter solstice.

(Photo by reporter Su Funan)

The four major temples in Qielong have developed a unique "mullet public signature" post-cup cup culture. Currently, only the Jinluan Palace in Xiaqielong still retains this traditional culture.

(Photo by reporter Su Funan)