第一次發現 原來 城隍爺的英文是 City God ... 城隍廟也就翻譯成 City Temple ... 哈
Since 1971, a 43-centimeter- tall statue of the Matchmaker has been in the City God Temple .
The Matchmaker has a long white beard with a permanent smile on his face .
He has marriage appointment book in his left hand and a walking stick in the other . The Matchmaker hands out red threads to single people in order to help them find their better half.
Statistics recealed that 7215 couples got married in 2007 due to the miracles of the Matchmaker . People in Taiwan enjoy talking about the legends and the miracles of the Matchmaker.
The best time to pray to the Matchmaker is on :
Valentine's day (February 14th )
Taiwanese Valentine's Day ( the 7th of the 7th lunar month )
The birthday of the Matchmaker ( the 15th of the 8th lunar month )
............. The way of praying .....................
1. Please buy GOD MONEY and 3 INCENSE STICKS at the god money stand first .
2. Please buy an offering set at the counter . The offering set contains with 2 pieces of lead money , a red thread, and sugar .
(the offering set is only needed at the first time , it costs NT 260 )
3. Make sure to light up three incense sticks .
4. Face the incense burner, pray to the SKY GOD , briefly introduce yourself , for example , your name , age , and your address .Pray to the SKY GOD to give the blessing on everyone
5. Get your offering set at the counter , pray to the CITY GOD, the Matchmaker and the other deities , While praying, you have to introduce yourself briefly to the gods, such as your name, age , address , and the personality of the person you would like to meet .
(when you get married , you have to bring a box of engagement cookies to express your gratitude .)
6. Pray to the BUDDHA : the Buddha blesses visitors to have wisdom , peaceful minds and good fortune .
7. Pray to the WIFE OF THE CITY GOD : the wife of the city god blesses married couples to have good relationships with family .
8. Pray to YI-YONG GONG : They will keep all the wicked away . even if the wicked are invisible spirits . They give the blessing on everything .
9. Place 3 incense sticks together in the incense burner, Have some engagement cookies or cake, you will get the luck from the married couples . You might also have some blessed tea.
10.After praying, Leave the sugar in the temple . It will be used to make blessed tea .
11. Move the red thread and the lead money 3 times clockwise above the incense burner outside the temple . Then keep them in your wallet .
12. Put the god money in the box . We (the stuff in the temple ) will burn it for you .
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