Today, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, is the day of receiving the gods of folk beliefs, New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi continued to visit temples in Wugu, Mount Tai and other places, and sent blessing bags to the people, in addition to expressing his gratitude for the support and care given by the citizens, he also emphasized that he would redouble his efforts for New Taipei City to make New Taipei City develop.
Hou Youyi went to Mount Tai's top Taishan rock, lower Mount Tai rock and Wugu He Shenggong this morning to pay homage, and continued to distribute blessing bags to the public. Hou said that from the first day of the Lunar New Year to today, he has visited various temples in New Taipei City, praying for the gods to bless this land with good weather and peace for the country and the people. No matter what ups and downs happened in the previous year, they have gone smoothly, and in the future, Taiwan needs everyone to perform their duties, play their roles, and unite and work together, and they will continue to work hard to make progress for New Taipei City, which is the only goal and New Year's hope.
Hou Youyi once again explained the meaning of this year's Spring Festival couplets, he said that because of the epidemic the year before last, he hoped that safety was the best, so the Spring Festival couplets were "safe and auspicious tigers", and after peace, they had to make money. This year, the money has to be saved after it comes in, so this year's "Jilong Dance Spring" means "gathering leftovers", hoping that people can save wealth and live a good life in the Year of the Dragon.
In the process of distributing blessing bags in the past few days, Hou Youyi said that he is very grateful to the citizens of New Taipei or the people of Taiwan for their care and care, such as today, there are people from the south such as Changhua and Hualien, in order to receive the blessing bags, they came to line up early in the morning and waited for hours, and this year's situation of asking for blessing bags is particularly enthusiastic, just like the original Spring Festival couplets were only printed 350,000 copies, and later 410,000 copies were not enough.
Hou Youyi said that seeing that the people are very lovely, especially the care and support given by everyone, he will turn this care and support into a force to make greater contributions to Taiwan, and redouble his efforts for New Taipei City to make New Taipei City develop greatly.
Lin Yaochang, director of the Civil Affairs Bureau, said that many people will visit the palace temple on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year today, and many palaces and temples in New Taipei City will hold activities to bring good luck to believers. Dingtai Mountain Rock has a Ping'an Bridge to give "Xianglong Xianrui" fortune money mother card (until the end of delivery) activities, after crossing the Ping'an Bridge, the oil incense will be donated to the local grants, and there are also preparations for Ping'an noodles and believers to form a relationship, welcome everyone to come to worship, cross the Ping'an Bridge, eat Ping'an noodles, plant Futian, and bring the peace and blessing home; Wugu He Shenggong is an activity before the fifth day of the Lunar New Year to throw baskets to receive wealth, and the public is also welcome to participate.
Lin Yaochang also said that the folk custom is that the Lantern Festival is not over until the end of the New Year, and everyone is welcome to continue to celebrate the New Year at the New Taipei Lantern Festival, which will be lit up at 7 p.m. on February 16 in the New Taipei Metropolitan Park.