00:00It's the beginning of the second lunar month, and people from across northern Taiwan are here at this temple in
00:05New Taipei
00:06to celebrate the birthday of one of the country's most revered deities, Turigong, the earth god.
00:18In Taiwan, Turigong is tied to the land, and few of the local deities are seen as closer to the
00:25people in their everyday lives.
00:30It's the end of the day of the day of the day of the day of the day and of
00:32the day of the day.
00:37This day is very important for Taiwan, especially for the day of the day.
00:42It's a blessing to help from small and small businesses all the time, so it's important for our lives to
00:51us.
00:53It's a blessing to the day of the day of the day and to a year of peace.
00:55Tut-de-gong is a healthy person to protect everyone's body and everyone's wealth.
01:02Tut-de-gong is a country to protect everyone's lives.
01:11Ranked below deities like the sea goddess Mazu or the fearsome guardian deity Guang-gong,
01:16Tut-de-gong is Taiwan's most widely worshipped god.
01:20Stroll through the country's farmlands, down the tangled streets of its cities,
01:23are up into mountain cemeteries, and you'll find shrines to the local earth god.
01:28Thousands dot the country, but few are as large or well attended as Nanshan Fuda Temple,
01:33known locally as Honglu-di, and really locally as Anglu-dei.
01:37Tut-de-gong is one of the most often used in our communities.
02:00The crowds here prove that even in places as dense and fast-changing as Greater Taipei,
02:06people still seek something local, and traditional, and often very personal.
02:12The crowds here prove that even in places as dense and fast-changing as Greater Taipei,
02:14people still say, if they are to be united with a place that to work all the time together by
02:20God,
02:21they are only part of the country.
02:24They are also part of the people of the country,
02:28In the way the most rewarding the world,
02:33all the time things that are cognizant may be to do,
02:34are also part of the people of the country.
02:39They will be part of the people of the people that are not free.
02:48need help with a test or a bit of luck and love people in Taiwan generally don't ask the earth
02:54god the big questions these areas are usually the domain of other specific deities instead
03:01Turigong is seen as playing a significant role in the day-to-day and being the god that most
03:07Taiwanese people feel closest to it's no surprise that so many people have come here today
03:12to give thanks and wish him a happy birthday Yuan Duan and Bryn Thomas in New Taipei for Taiwan Plus
