Happy Birthday Tien-Gon,Yu-Huang-Shan-Di,God of Gods

Almost every temples in Taiwan have the Tien-Gon-Lu,( 天公爐 joss stick cup) in front of main door. It is said that the Tien-Gon is the God of Gods ( GOG). When the temple is pray to Tien-Gon, mainly, then, how about the "Lu( cup)" in front of the main door?!

台灣的寺廟 大概均有"天公爐" 置於主廟門外部 以示 天公( 玉皇上帝 ) 乃萬神之神

若主祀為天公的寺廟 則此"爐" 如何稱呼?

圖為 左營元帝廟之凌霄寶殿的天公生日 暖壽盛況

Marshall Kan and Chao, 康元帥 趙元帥

康元帥立於左側 趙元帥立於右側 皆 玄天上帝座前副將也 除此 尚有三十六官將 輔佐 ( 已 展示於前---北極亭 之頁) 右手持神器為康元帥 左手持神器 為趙元帥 兩尊皆為鎮殿原帥

Marshall Kan at left side, right hand with tool.Marshall Chao at right side,left hand with tool. They are assitants of God of Polar

Spiky-Chair, Yuan-Di Temple,Tsoying

The Spiky-Chair for Tong-Chi( a man as a representative of difinite god 乩童) is an ancient tools for religion festival to approve the God's power through human being in spite of Shark-Sword, and/or Spiky-Ball. It is rare seen now among Taiwan, the photos here to show the Spiky-Chair almost forgot by people.The Spiky-Chair almost exclusively on Taiwan.釘椅是玄天上帝展現神威時的道具 由乩童坐上之後 在慶典中 顯示神祇的力量 這樣的道具比鯊魚劍 釘球..... 更具震憾力 現在 已經少見之(也許是全台唯一吧) 是有心保護傳統的人 應該努力的標的

God of Madam Mom,Yuan-Di Temple, Tsoying

The belief of God of Madam Mom(GMM 夫人媽) is rare documented on literature. There are many gods of female in Taiwan's traditional religion such as Ma-Chu(媽祖), Guan Yin(觀音), Mdm. of Birth(註生娘娘)....etc., and the God of Madam Mom is only at Tsoying(?), exclusively. According to Prof.Liu,C-W., GMM is a female Wan-Ya, a female HM, and must call her Her Majesty,no familial name yet.Here are some of GMM's photos. The birthday is on lunar Jan. 20. It is said that the temple was belonging to GMM initially, then comes HM Chu, and lately GOP( God of Polar ). For the power of god's authority, the GMM let the GOP to be the chief god of this templeand GMM move to left side( 左青龍 the first associated god) and change the name as Yuan-Di Temple about 1666 A.D. 左營元帝廟內供奉之夫人媽 在台灣民間信仰中 是少見之神祇 根據劉枝萬先生之考證 ( 台灣民間信仰論集 聯經出版社)夫人媽之神格 約相當於女性的王爺 職司摘奸發伏 驅疫逐癘 似今日之司法官 左營元帝廟原祀夫人媽為主神 始建於公元1666年 後來 由於 北極玄天上帝奉旨為主神 因此 遷夫人媽於青龍邊(左) 以示尊重也 這樣的規格 也是傳統信仰的人情味顯現

左營聖公進香回駕-06

In this page, HMChu(Chu-Fu-Chian-Shuei 左營四甲 朱府千歲) is the main. The sedan here is glorious, and 1 st HMChu with 2 nd HMChu are side by side together.
Another two sedans are belonging GOP II and III (北極玄天二上帝 北極玄天三上帝)respectively. Noted, the"Bu-Ho 部後 is different from "tsoying" 左營 )

左營聖公進香回駕-05

聖公廟很迷你 卻也有土地公(福德正神)座鎮 更炫的是這土地公也有自己的神轎 圖中神轎兩翼 均有"符令"貼注 可任人取之 有護身保平安的效果 另圖 是聖公聖婆(?)的儀容
這是全台唯一具相的"有應公" 很希罕的 The temple of Saint Gon (SG) is minimal in outer feature, but still there is GOL( god of land, Tu-Di-Gon 土地公), and the GOL have had private sedan. There are god-provide documents on bilateral side of the sedan of GOL, which is provide for whom want to be a protection for personal and/or whole family. Another pictures to show the real face of Saint-Gon( Saint Grandpa) and Saint-Po(Saint Grandma, his wife). This is the only statues of Yo-In-Gon( God of reward when request 有應公 ,有求必應) exclusively in Taiwan.

左營聖公進香回駕-04

此次的主考官是"元帝廟 北極玄天上帝 GOP" 監考官是"鳳邑舊城城隍廟 勒封顯佑伯 城隍尊神" 還有 先鋒官"太陽星君".....
充滿 神界的人間化 也是傳統信仰的具像化
The chief inspector this time is GOP( God of Polar Star, Yuan-Di Temple), associated inspector is GOC( God of Castle, or God of County, or God of City). It is similar the scene of human being, solidarity of god's world as traditional belief.

左營聖公進香回駕-03

It is similar the traditional religional carnival, the puppet-like god models, and Ba-Chia Chian( Eight Familial General) always present, and more recently, the Main Inspector, Associated Inspector have had their normalized titles. 與各式各樣的民間信仰習俗相似 巨型神偶像與八家將 都會出現 比較現代化的是 "主考官" "監考官".....現在有了正式的招牌

左營聖公進香回駕-02

On that day, Tsoying is fulfilled with mood of carnival. The sedans here are some of them.It is glorious

左營聖公進香回駕-01

The Saint Gon( SG 聖公) is in front of Wu-Chia Hsian(五甲巷 which is showed at this website, more previously), and famous of his activity as a God. On Nov. 10 2006, The SG have had a promotion to increase his god-authority via the folk tales as well as traditional religion, and going to Hsiu-Gu-Laun-Hsi,Hua-Lien(花蓮秀姑巒溪 ), then come back on night Nov. 11 and have had a carnival around Tsoying on Nov.12. Almost the whole traditional gods at Tsoying are join this carnival-like parade.The followings are to show the activity.左營聖公於公元二零零六年十一月十一日 赴花蓮秀姑巒溪進香 十二日繞境