Taipei Times
Date: Jun 22, 2020
By: Staff writer, with CNA
Pilgrims return to the Jenn Lann Temple in Taichung at the end of the Dajia Matsu pilgrimage late on Saturday.
Photo: Chang Hsuan-che, Taipei Times
The grand Dajia Matsu Pilgrimage, the nation’s largest annual religious procession, ended shortly before midnight after three statues of Matsu, the goddess of the seas, were carried out of their separate palanquins and placed on the altar at the temple.
“Dajia Matsu has returned!” people shouted as the procession, joined by hundreds of followers, arrived in Dajia on Saturday afternoon, concluding a 340km journey that took the Dajia Matsu through Changhua, Yunlin and Chiayi counties.
The district, packed with Matsu believers, was inundated in a thunder of firecrackers as the procession moved toward Jenn Lann Temple, and later in the night, fireworks lit up the sky over the temple. [FULL STORY]