Photos of the annual Bangka Qingshan temple festival parade in Taipei
Taiwan News
Date: 2017/12/11
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The three-day miaohui (廟會) or temple festival held by the
Child representing Qingshan Wang surrounded by guardians. (By Taiwan News)
Bangka Qingshan Temple (艋舺青山宮) in which the King of Qingshan (青山靈安尊王) toured Taipei’s Wanhua District, concluded on Saturday (Dec. 9).
The annual Bangka Qingshan Temple festival started in 1905 and is one the three largest in the city of Taipei. The three-day pilgrimage, which includes both night and day patrols, is held to drive away evil spirits and honor the Taoist deity the King of Qingshan, who is said to have rid Wanhua of the plague hundreds of years ago. The god was originally brought with Chinese immigrants during the Qing Dynasty to Taipei from Quanzhou in Fujian province.
The following are photos taken during the last day of the festival on Saturday.
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