From the color to the design of the Tainan Shanhua Qing'an Palace Rabbit Year Lucky Bag, Mazu decides everything, and this year chooses the fashionable rose gold.

(Photo by reporter Liu Wanjun)

[Reporter Liu Wanjun/Tainan Report] To welcome the Year of the Rabbit, the design of the lucky bag for the Year of the Rabbit at Shanhua Qing’an Palace, a historic site in Tainan City, was exposed. From the color to the font, all were designated by Mazu. The background color is rose gold, which is popular nowadays. Rabbit The pattern hides the "Mao" in the Kuimao year. The limited edition is 2,200 copies. It is estimated that 1,700 copies will be distributed at 10 am on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and 500 copies will be distributed at 10 am on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

The New Year’s Money Bag in Shanhua Qing’an Palace is decided and designed by Mazu every year. The temple officials first list 11 colors, and then ask Mazu for instructions one by one. Gold, red, yellow, green, purple, etc. 5 are left in the first round. After different colors, in the second round, Mazu selected gold as the background color.

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Wei Suzhen, director-general of Shanhua Qing'an Palace, said that since the lucky bag for the Year of the Tiger is also golden, the temple officials were worried that the colors would be the same for two consecutive years. Unexpectedly, after all the color cards of the golden series were asked for instructions, none of them were approved. Yun, someone thought of the popular rose gold, asked for instructions again, and got Mazu's approval.

The fonts, patterns, patterns, and colors of the strings of the lucky bags were also selected and approved by Mazu. In order to complete the production before the Lunar New Year, the temple staff and the designer also used the method of telephone and video conference. The staff of the temple showed the samples to Mazu and asked for instructions by throwing the wand before finally finalizing the finished product. The finished product will be sent to the temple today (13th).

Wei Suzhen said that the lucky bag for the Year of the Rabbit is the same as in previous years, limited to 2,200 copies. Inside the lucky bag is a 10-yuan coin "year-old money" and a peace amulet. It will be placed in the main hall for 3 days. At 9:50 on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the priest will pray for blessings, and the distribution will begin at 10:00 am.

On the morning of tomorrow (14th), Shanhua Qing’an Palace will also have an activity of “Famous Teachers Swipe a Brush, Parent-child Fun”, and 137 self-improvement households will send warmth at the end of the year. There will be Spring Festival couplets and painted lanterns on site. The lantern works will be hung in the Qing’an Palace Lantern Festival.

Tainan Shanhua Qing'an Temple's yearly money bag is decided and designed by Mazu.

(Photo by reporter Liu Wanjun)

Tainan Shanhua Qing'an Temple's year of the rabbit money bag, the pattern of the rabbit echoes the year of Kuimao.

(Photo by reporter Liu Wanjun)