The centenary traditional Lantern Festival in Shezidao

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  Chinling Kuo, Taiwan
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In the folk belief of Taiwan, Lord of the land (Tudi Gong) is a local protection god with good fortune, but also the god of wealth and patron saint of the company.
Shezidao has a special Lantern Festival.
Each brave villager head will be dressed as a farmer wearing a hat,bare the upper body,carrying their own Lord of the land tour the village,and residents and shops will be prepared to mount firecrackers on the Sedan chair,and then lit fried Sedan chair,in addition to the meaning of blessing to eliminate disasters,the more prosperous the firecrackers also symbolize the more prosperous wealth.

Awards 2019 National Geographic photo contest Honorable Mention