Name: 安定區 (Anding District)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T07:38:42.000Z
Duration: 14 min 58 s

You know, there are three treasures of Anding District,

the sesame, the asparagus,and Chinese soapberry.

there is the most important festival here in Anding District,

Tainan Temple Festivals Year, or Siangke Year (incense questing),

It is a very important folk activity of Tainan.

The “siang (incense)” in siangke (incense questing),

is guasiang, or to worship and request incense

「科」指的是「道教中的法事、科儀」

Usually incense quests happen once every 3,

with the Nanying Wang Yeh Boat (King Boat) Festival

and Changxing Temple's  sending off gods of plague.

which is famous for its King Boat Festival.

This is the head of the temple, Mr. Chen.

Could you please give us a tour here around the temple?

And what about the history of the King Boat Festival?

The King Boat Festival has been held from the Qing Dynasty.

由當時的「查畝營」(今柳營)開始

The festival in Liouying is the King Boat Festival.

The king boats in the early ages were not burnt

At that time the King Boat drifted to Sucuo at the Zengwun River.

Believers took the boat and asked for divine interpretation,

which turned out the deities wanted to settle down at this location.

As a result, the followers brought it back for worship.

The first kejiao (a Taoism offering ritual) was held in 1871.

an incense quest once every 3 years continued till today.

an inspection tour on behalf of Wang Yeh.

The Yuanmenguan (Commanding Officer) is selected

who is the delegate of Wang Yeh (the royal lord).

There are a lot of King Boat Festivals in Taiwan,

but what differentiates Sucuo from the ordinary ones is that

但是我們蘇厝第一代天府和其他地方不一樣的是

Sucuo First Daitian Temple's King Boat Festival

was listed in 2009 as a city-recognized folk activity.

It was also selected as one of the top 100 Taiwan religious events.

製作一艘王船  整艘都是用檜木製成

This King Boat went as far north to Taipei,

the King Boat can be seen being sailed over land.

It is an important event for interaction between temples,

and you can also see many parades (zhentou) participating in events.

The objects worshiped in the King Boat Festival

When the king boat goes on an inspection tour,

The objects being transported include rice, oil,

“Heavenly money” and “heavenly treasuries”

The King Boat Festival isn't the only famous festival in Anding.

sending off of the gods of plague(festival Wen Wang Ji) is also renowned.

We are now here at the Chang Xing Temple.

Here they call this festival “Wen Wang Ji”

So what's so special about “Wen Wang Ji”?

the event during the sending off of  the gods of plague.

A festive atmosphere can be seen all around the village.

What is so special about the sending off of the gods of plague?

到底瘟王祭有什麼不一樣的地方呢

This is the head of the Changxing Temple.

I just found out that Wen Wang Ji is very famous around here,

我剛剛發現瘟王祭在這裡非常有名

The history of the Wen Wang Ji  starts from 1679.

瘟王祭的歷史  要從康熙十八年（1679年）說起

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