| Zi Nan Temple in Sheliao Village Chushan Township Nantou |
| County holds the Land God Legend Chicken Soup Savoring |
| Cultural Events during the Chinese New Year holidays and |
| the events commence at the lunar Eve. Zi Nan Temple |
| invites the citizens nationwide to participate in the event |
| Sheliao Zi Nan Temple Chicken Soup Savoring now regist- |
| ered as a cultural heritage in Taiwan held on the 16th of |
| lunar Jan. Zi Nan Temple Cash Lending and Zi Nan Temple |
| Chicken Soup Savoring in Nantou County are registered as |
| folklore cultural heritages. |
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| In the early days, Sheliao residents used to gather at Zi |
| Nan Temple for the cstom Chicken Soup Savoring in lunar |
| Jan. A family with a newborn boy in the previous year was |
| obliged to kill a capon as a sacrifice worshiped and dedica- |
| ted to Land God of Zi Nan Temple on the 15th of lunar |
| Jan. Zi Nan Temple used to cook chicken soup and make it |
| available to the neighboring residents on the 16th of lunar |
| Jan. The miracles of Zi Nan Temple Cash Lending are wide- |
| ly spread and believers are more and more. Thus, Chicken |
| Soup Savoring becomes a great annual temple festival |
| sponsored collaboratively by Zi Nan Temple and Sheliao |
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