The Bombing of the Earth God

In Taipei’s Neihu District, the Fude Temple 福德祠 celebrates Lunar New Year with the festival of the Night Procession of the Earth God, Tu Ti Kung. Residents express their respect to the Earth God by offering and throwing firecrackers to the sedan chair, as the God travels throughout the neighborhood. People believe the bigger the explosion, the more auspicious the incoming year.