SEEKING GOOD LUCK: People started lining up three hours before the president was due at Juesiou Temple, hoping to receive one of the red envelopes she was to hand out
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 06, 2019
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Politicians yesterday visited temples around the nation on the first day of the Lunar New
President Tsai Ing-wen smiles as she hands out red envelopes at the Yitian Temple in New Taipei City yesterday. Photo: Chiu Shu-yu, Taipei Times
Year, praying for prosperity and well-being while handing out “lucky” red envelopes to temple-goers.
More than 1,000 people lined up in the morning at the Juesiou Temple (覺修宮) in Taipei to receive an envelope from President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文).
Temple officials said the line started to form three hours before Tsai’s scheduled arrival and grew to 300m long at one point, adding that at least 1,200 people joined the line.
Tsai was accompanied on her visit by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) and Minister of the Interior Hsu Kuo-yung (徐國勇), the first stop of her four-day-long temple visits to distribute red envelopes with NT$1 inside, which symbolizes a new beginning. [FULL STORY]
