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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.
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 Cultural and Educational Foundation. This event as the most popular and famous folklore activity in Nantou County that activates the social welfare and tourist and economic development for Sheliao Village of Chushan Township as well as renders the new vitality to Sheliao community is significant to local culture and history.
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