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About Money Turtle
 
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.
 
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
fortune for all. This Money Turtle was taken home by himself for the consecutive 3 years in terms of Holy Blocks. As
returning this Turtle to Zi Nan Temple on the Lantern Festival, he also hosted a piece of traditional Taiwanese opera in
front of the Land God to thank Him in addition to Red Envelops on it.
 
The ritual Taking Land God’s Birth and Moon Festival Money Turtles home commenced in 1986 when Zi Nan Temple
decided to order the Land God’s Birth and Moon Festival Money Turtles in Tainan after obtaining the consent of the Land
God in terms of Holy Blocks in response to desperate anticipation of taking Money Turtles home. As obtaining the consent
of Mr. Tzeng, the 3 Turtles were available to the believers in need of taking the 3 Turtles (Lantern Festival, Land God’s
Birth and Moon Festival Money Turtles of the 15th of lunar Jan, the 2nd of lunar Feb and the 15th of lunar Aug respect-
ively) home through block divination on the Lantern Festival in 1986.
 
This folklore ritual commencing in 1983 lasts for the consecutive 20 years and the believers having taken the 3 Turtles
home enjoy good fortune and boom of business under the blessing and protection of the Land God. Accordingly, the
number in need of taking the Turtles home is increasing and the Turtles symbolize the mascot of entrepreneurs.