Taoist ceremony in Dihua old street – Taipei – Taiwan

I was very lucky last march in Taipei to stumble upon this Taoist ceremony while visiting the Dihua street area with my family and local friends.

I must admit my ignorance of Taoism, so I will not comment much here. Teh following blog post contains quite interesting information on Taoism in Singapore :

http://weecheng.com/singapore/9eg/index.htm

Various groups are parading their idols or images of gods around the area of Taipei Xiahai City God Temple.

Most of the groups as below have musicians, Taoism is noisy and colorful, I learned this a long time ago when I arrived in Singapore.

This group has gods puppets dance in front of the temple.

Another group was composed of young people dressed as what looks lie warriors.

 

This group traditionally rock the sedan chair when the image of the god is carried, portraying their struggle with the superhuman force possessing the chair once the god has come to posses its image.

Taipei Xiahai City God Temple

All shots with Leica M262 and Summicron 50v4 or 35Asphv2

 

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Tiong Bahru Qi Tian Gong Temple

The week end of the 17 Sep 2016 was the festival of Qi Tian Gong temple in Tiong Bahru . The temple is dedicated to the monkey god.

Outside the temple a scene for a Chinese Opera was set, they are not he photogs friendly Lao Sai Tao Yuan  but they were nice enough to let me in and have a few shots back stage.

Nothing much happened for a while them I heard the procession come from afar (while sat in front a beer at Tiong Bahru Club)

One of the interesting parts of the procession was the Indian band; Hindus also worship the Monkey God and this temple is said to have followers from many backgrounds.

The lion was also part of the celebrations.

That was also the opportunity to meet some friends and make some new ones . Thanks so Sylvie for the information on the event.

All shots with Leica M262, Summilux 50mmF1.4 or Summaron 35mmF2.8.