Kunshen Wangye's Salt for Peace Festival
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- Event Location
- Beimen Dist., Tainan City Taiwán, R.O.C
A serendipity brought about a festival
In 1662, a Wangye - Koxinga introduced the technique of solar salt, not only establishing the unprecedented salt industry, but also becoming the hub of economic activities for the coastal dwellers. With more than 200 years of history, Jingzaijiao Tile-paved Salt Fields is a living architectural cultural heritage, and a promised land recreating the salt industry in Taiwan.
The same year on the same land, with the five Wangyes, they landed on Kunshen Swatow on a roy boat, decided to establish the temple at this location, and worked together to bless people from generation to generation. Nankunshen Temple is the main temple of the Wangyes in Taiwan, dedicated to worshiping the five Wangyes: Lords Li, Chih, Wu, Jhu, Fan, and Wanshan Ye
Salt has possessed the functions of warding off evil spirits and praying for good fortune since ancient times. Connected with the Wangye culture, the two stories together created an extremely significant festival - Kunshen Wangye's Salt For Peace Festival. Held altogether by Southwest Coast National Scenic Area Administration, Nankunshen Temple, and integrated forces from all walks of life. The festival has entered its 21th year since 2004, which is an imperative Taiwanese festival that blends religion, industry, culture, and tourism.
Salt Requisition: Inherit the Treasure Container, collect salt into the salt sedan, and Temple Pilgrimage.
Jingzaijiao Tile-paved Salt Field is where the salt comes from in the Salt for Peace Festival. On the first morning of the Salt for Peace Festival, the master would report the gratitude to all Gods in the salt field of all the giving of the whole year, allowing us to harvest salt. The Salt Requisition Group will pass through Xingan Temple, Tai’an Temple, Yonglong Temple and reach Nankunshen Temple eventually.
Salt Worship: The great masters order Pingan Salt in a blessing ceremony.
After the Salt Requisition Group arrived Nankunshen Temple,master will embark on the ritual of requesting salt. They purify and bless all the piles of salt during the Salt for Peace Festival, from Lingsiao Palace to the outdoor sacrificial altar, and the enormous salt mountain exhibited on the plaza, and eventually complete the salt worshipping ritual.
Salt Gratitude: Return to the original, and take back to the world.
At the end of the Salt for Peace Festival, we must return the salt to Jingzaijiao in
Beimen. From requisition of the salt to the restoration, the interaction presents the image of the endless world. During this phase of the ritual, we invite the worshippers for participation, placing the salt on the tile on each individual, sparkling the salt toward the salt field, returning to the embrace of the ocean along with the great masters' recitation of scripture as the perfect period of the Kushen Wangye’s Salt for Peace Festival.
gye’s Salt for Peace Festival.
In 1662, a Wangye - Koxinga introduced the technique of solar salt, not only establishing the unprecedented salt industry, but also becoming the hub of economic activities for the coastal dwellers. With more than 200 years of history, Jingzaijiao Tile-paved Salt Fields is a living architectural cultural heritage, and a promised land recreating the salt industry in Taiwan.
The same year on the same land, with the five Wangyes, they landed on Kunshen Swatow on a roy boat, decided to establish the temple at this location, and worked together to bless people from generation to generation. Nankunshen Temple is the main temple of the Wangyes in Taiwan, dedicated to worshiping the five Wangyes: Lords Li, Chih, Wu, Jhu, Fan, and Wanshan Ye
Salt has possessed the functions of warding off evil spirits and praying for good fortune since ancient times. Connected with the Wangye culture, the two stories together created an extremely significant festival - Kunshen Wangye's Salt For Peace Festival. Held altogether by Southwest Coast National Scenic Area Administration, Nankunshen Temple, and integrated forces from all walks of life. The festival has entered its 21th year since 2004, which is an imperative Taiwanese festival that blends religion, industry, culture, and tourism.
Salt Requisition: Inherit the Treasure Container, collect salt into the salt sedan, and Temple Pilgrimage.
Jingzaijiao Tile-paved Salt Field is where the salt comes from in the Salt for Peace Festival. On the first morning of the Salt for Peace Festival, the master would report the gratitude to all Gods in the salt field of all the giving of the whole year, allowing us to harvest salt. The Salt Requisition Group will pass through Xingan Temple, Tai’an Temple, Yonglong Temple and reach Nankunshen Temple eventually.
Salt Worship: The great masters order Pingan Salt in a blessing ceremony.
After the Salt Requisition Group arrived Nankunshen Temple,master will embark on the ritual of requesting salt. They purify and bless all the piles of salt during the Salt for Peace Festival, from Lingsiao Palace to the outdoor sacrificial altar, and the enormous salt mountain exhibited on the plaza, and eventually complete the salt worshipping ritual.
Salt Gratitude: Return to the original, and take back to the world.
At the end of the Salt for Peace Festival, we must return the salt to Jingzaijiao in
Beimen. From requisition of the salt to the restoration, the interaction presents the image of the endless world. During this phase of the ritual, we invite the worshippers for participation, placing the salt on the tile on each individual, sparkling the salt toward the salt field, returning to the embrace of the ocean along with the great masters' recitation of scripture as the perfect period of the Kushen Wangye’s Salt for Peace Festival.
gye’s Salt for Peace Festival.
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