00:01Events worshipping Fuxi, the first mythical emperor of China, held in New Taipei and in Gansu province, China.
00:10It's the 13th year that commemorations have been held in both places on the same day.
00:16This is controversial.
00:18Taipei accuses Beijing of using religion as a tactic to influence Taiwan's society, with the ultimate goal of taking control
00:26of it.
00:26In Gansu, this was heard at the ceremony.
00:32A lawmaker from Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which has icy relations with Beijing, says there's no question these events
00:41carry political implications.
00:55Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, which handles relations with China,
00:59says it's monitoring the event.
01:01There are rules against Taiwanese people working with the Chinese Communist Party.
01:06And the council says China's celebration is organized by the CCP, while the vice chair of Taiwan's Main Opposition Party,
01:13the Kuomintang, is the head of the temple that's holding the event in Taiwan.
01:18But he says there's nothing to worry about.
01:20This is purely a religious culture and cultural activity.
01:24In the past, they've said that the Chinese Communist Party has already been destroyed or something.
01:30I think this religious activity is not too敏感.
01:35The two sides are the same, the same, the same, the same, the same, the same.
01:39And many of the saints are from China and the mainland.
01:43But amid heightened tensions across the Taiwan Strait, anything seen as remotely political is bound to raise concerns.
01:50Howard Zhang and Cadence Karanta for Taiwan Plus.
