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Worshippers Support Vulnerable People by Donating 1,608 Offerings from Taichung Temple Ceremony

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Wanhe Temple in Taichung will donate 1,608 sets of offerings from its Zhongyuan ceremony to social welfare and charitable organizations.
  • More than 70% of worshippers chose not to take back the offerings, surpassing last year’s donation of 1,504 sets.
  • The temple has arranged these donations since 2009, and this year’s ceremony included hundreds of participants.

At Taichung’s Wanhe Temple, 1,608 sets of offerings from the annual Zhongyuan ceremony will be sent to social welfare and charitable organizations instead of being taken home by worshippers.

More than 70% of participants chose not to reclaim the offerings after learning that they could be donated to charities. The items, arranged through a supermarket company, included sunflower oil, vegetarian oyster sauce, rice and rice vermicelli. One worshipper praised the decision as helping vulnerable people meet their daily needs.

Temple chairman Hsiao Ching-chieh said Wanhe Temple has accepted worshippers’ requests to arrange the offerings since 2009. Last year, 1,504 sets went to charitable groups, making this year’s total a new high.

Wanhe Temple dates to 1726 and is a designated historic site in Taichung. Hundreds of worshippers attended this year’s ceremony, which also included offerings presented to nearby temples and shrines.

Not abandoning the order means donating to support vulnerable people’s daily needs.

— A worshipper surnamed YangThe worshipper praised participants who chose to donate rather than reclaim their ceremony offerings.
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