The Rotation of Guanyi

During the Qing Dynasty, Linkou had not yet built a temple. At that time, the eighteen-handed Guanyin Bodhisattva was rotated everywhere, and there was no fixed patrol method. When people encounter emergency situations or difficulties, they can ask Guanyin's mother to temporarily live in their homes to report peace.

Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, Eighteen-handed Guanyin began to have a regulared rotation area.In ancient times, it was called ping, which was divided into eighteen pings. In some cases, there are enough villages to form a flat; in others, several villages form a flat.

Originally, it was rotated every four months. Until the Japanese rule, the government considered that the villagers' lives were difficult, and they worked too many times to damage their wealth. Therefore, after 1930, it was re-rotated twice on February 19th and August 19th of the lunar calendar.

At that time, the eighteen-hand Guanyin rotation area was not only in Linkou District, but also in Luzhu and Guishan. This is the festival that is passed down today-"The Goddess of Mercy Guanyin".

The day before the Goddess of Mercy Guanyin's reincarnation, the goddess and killing pig who sent the Guanyin Mom's village will perform.

In the early days, the farmers were poor and did n’t have a lot of cash. The only thing they could thank the gods was the pigs, which weighed only a few hundred pounds, but now they can feed them, which can even weigh up to several thousand pounds.

The next day, People will follow, blowing the gongs and drums to send the gods to the next level send the gods to the next level. When they are there, the believers will throw a slap and ask the family who the Guanyin mother will live in. The villager who welcomes God is called the furnace owner.