Jinshan Caishen Temple — Attraction in New Taipei

We come here quite often, it is one of the famous temple to go for if you are a salesperson. The temple is home to several “money” Gods, so coming here to wish for a small lottery win, to be successful at work, to get help sorting out difficult projects, is a must! Taiwanese people use to say “if you pray, you will get protected”. For me, it works: every time I come here, business do get a bit better, at least smoother. Must believe must try! The view is fantastic and there is a God of Love just beside it. If you need luck for...

Too many lit Pocky sticks being waved around at the height of my face. It seems that the money god doesn’t really care about spatial awareness so someone should really tell him about that. Also, the organisers had put out a giant ingot, which seems completely inappropriate given that we no longer use that as a form of currency or think that...

財神，身穿金、紅二色官袍，飽滿的身形，福氣的面相，和譪與慈祥的笑容，手執元寶、如意，寓意帶來財運，相信是民間信仰中最受歡迎的神。俗語說：「有錢能使鬼推磨。」錢財雖是身外物，無錢卻是萬萬不能，老百姓絕不會希望自己「成世窮」，錢財當然永遠不怕多，只會嫌少。 追求財富是人類共同的願望，尤其在貧窮的民間社會，財神原為物神，但是由於其賜予人財帛，給人美好的生活，所以成了願望之神，與喜、貴、壽、子等神一樣，成為福神。崇拜「財神」，希望能透過拜神而得到神保佑發大財，因而財神多多益善，在俗信者心中，認為所拜的財神越多，財源就越廣。 財神的種類很多，主要是物神人格化之後，有名的理財專家或富有的名人，都成了人們崇拜的財神，常見的財神有文、武財神之分。

五路財神 五路財神，民間習俗以趙公明元帥、招寶、納珍、招財以及利市五神為五路財神，此說出自『封神榜』，姜子牙封趙公明為正一玄壇真君，率領四位正神迎祥納福，其手下四神為招寶天尊蕭升、納珍天尊曹寶、招財使者陳九公以及利市仙官姚少司。 五路財神和五路神並不相同。五路神有說是元末一位禦寇而死的何五路，也有說是南朝名臣顧野王的五個兒子。但這兩個五路神雖然因音近之故被訛傳作五路財神，...