Procession of Dajia Matsu Pilgrimage ─Sedan Chair Mounting and Departure |
Peace Praying Ceremony Also in that afternoon, pilgrim groups participating in the incense offering or seeing off Matsu will arrive at the temple for the ceremony. These include parades, believers from other temples, and deity worship associations. When night falls, the first, second, third and last ritual groups will worship Matsu one after another and prepare for departure. Mounting Ceremony This is a ceremony inviting Matsu to set out on the pilgrimage.The temple directors, temple supervisors and guests will offer incense and bow in front of Matsu’s grand sedan chair. Then, after setting off the warning firecrackers at the temple square, Matsu’s sedan chair team will lift up the sedan chair, setting out on the pilgrimage.
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