The Harbor Purification Festival of Northern Taiwan | EP. 51 | Happy Fisherman

Every year in Yeliu on the northern coast of Taiwan, fishers pray for the safety and prosperity of the village through Harbor Purification Festival, where participants walk through water and fire.
The congregation would carry local deities on sedan chairs and parade the village, bestowing blessings to households by lighting up firecrackers. Sedan chair carriers would jump into the harbor and walk through burning charcoal and joss paper so as to show their reverence to the gods. Learn more about the history of this sacred tradition.
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[@htjmartin]

Love these kind of events and traditions! Great to see Leo enjoying it, lovely family

[@just_be_joyce]

love this!!!

[@user-pj9sg3vf7d]

So nice thank you for taking us along with you guys it's so good to see k and be safe all of you, amazing I know I did the Lion Dance , it's loud and smokey, thank you again your family so nice, you going into the water priceless. Northern California says Hello I see through your eyes

[@user-sf2sy4me6x]

豪哥夠拚，這種精神讓人感動

[@YenHuiLin]

聽到進喔、發喔，很感動，信仰讓人有動力繼續過生活，感謝豪哥介紹台灣各地 傳統民俗，這種優質節目應該可以考慮在第四台播送，讓國人更了解台灣各地的人文傳統、歷史與地理，也能提升英文能力。

[@ccelva]

你的小孩他們很可愛❤😂 你很在地🎉😊

[@robertos4876]

Oh,. the sacrifices you have to endure for the sake of a good documentary. But however interesting and historically meaningful these ghost busting ceremonies may be, I serious doubt the powers of these idols when they can't even prevent their facial hair from catching fire?

[@SuperGahai]

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[@susansu2791]

佩服豪哥用心生活 還教導小朋友在地化 分享傳統文化給他們 給您讚❤100%