Believers line up after the New Year's Eve dinner to fight for the lottery.

(Photo by reporter Cai Zongxian)

[Reporter Cai Zongxian/Pingtung Report] Pingtung County’s Checheng Fu’an Palace’s New Year’s Eve “Baitouxiang” event has entered its 17th year. The first two years were closed due to the epidemic situation, and this year it resumed. After the New Year’s Eve dinner, a large number of believers lined up Lottery tickets, waiting for the opening of the temple gate to draw prizes for safe gold coins, has become a local New Year's Eve event.

Checheng Fu'an Temple will send out 4,000 pieces of money plus red envelopes on New Year's Eve, and about 5,000 pieces a day from the first day to the fifth day of the new year, divided into two tiers at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm. If there are too many people, the amount will be increased.

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Chen Mingxiu, chief executive of Checheng Fu'an Temple, said that although the current epidemic command allows outdoor masks to be exempted, the epidemic situation in China is changing rapidly, and the temple officials are concerned about everyone's health. Pilgrims are asked to wear masks during the "worship of head incense" on New Year's Eve, and the tasting of Fuyuan is also cancelled. , the lottery prize is still not shrinking, and there are quite a lot of large TVs and various home appliances.

Believers line up after the New Year's Eve dinner to fight for the lottery.

(Photo by reporter Cai Zongxian)

After the New Year's Eve dinner, believers lined up to fight for the lottery, and dinosaurs also came to join in the fun.

(Photo by reporter Cai Zongxian)

From the first day to the fifth day of the lunar new year, Fu'an Palace distributes gold coins in the morning and afternoon.

(Photographed by reporter Cai Zongxian)