About Money Turtle |
It is necessary for believers in need of taking the Money |
Turtles home to register at the service counter of Zi Nan |
Temple noting the type demanded (Lantern Festival, Land |
God’s Birth and Moon Festival Money Turtles) 08:00-12:00 |
a.m. on the 15th of lunar Jan and those finishing registra- |
tion have to join block divination for Money Turtles comm- |
encing at 01:00 p.m. on the very day sponsored by the |
Chief Executive Manager (CEM) of the Board of Managers |
of Zi Nan Temple to determine whether the 3 Money |
Turtles can be taken home. Only the 3 believers obtaining |
Holy Blocks symbolizing the consent of Land God can take |
the Turtles home. The 3 believers taking the 3 Turtles |
home must return them with Red Envelopes on them to Zi |
Nan Temple on the 15th of lunar Jan the next year. The |
ritual of the next year commences after the 3 Turtles are |
returned. |
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The ritual Taking Lantern Festival Money Turtle home |
commenced on the Lantern Festival in 1983 when Mr. |
Tzeng Wan-fu a resident in Fuzhou Village worshipped the |
Land God of Zi Nan Temple with a Lantern Festival Money |
Turtle made by himself for the boom of business and good |