Puzi Peitian Temple — Attraction in Puzi City

Pei Tian Temple, a Taoist Temple, in Puzi Town, Chiayi County, is a famous and popular Mazu Temple in South Taiwan for its long history of more than 330 years for worshipping Mazu, for its praying-and-rewarding-flower practices for couples who pray for having babies or for pregnancy, and for its reception role for other Mazu temples in various cities or counties in Taiwan, to bring and to parade their Mazu deities in Pei Tian Temple for the worship practices. However, the Temple does NOT offer praying-and-rewarding-flower practices for couples who pray for having babies or for pregnancy in the Month of July of farmer calendar, because month of July is traditionally considered a month to worship for the deceased and the Ghost.

Couples who made pray at the Temple and were rewarded for either white or red flowers, and white flowers indicate the possibility of having boy, while red flowers indicate the possibility of having baby girls in pregnancy. Because of belief and practice of praying and flower rewarding for having a baby possibility at this Temple, this Temple is popular for young to early middle-aged couples or young women who want to have babies.

When other Mazu temples in other cities or counties bring their Mazu deities and parade and worship in Pei Tian Temple in Puzi Town, it is NOT uncommon for the visiting temples to have Taoist Sharman or female Sharman ceremony in front of Pei Tian Temple at first and then inside the Temple's main worship hall. Taoist Sharman generally would carry and pray with the Visiting Temple's flag, Taoist Sharman knife and practice instrument. It is NOT unusual for the Taoist Sharman, both male and female, to use knife for the practice and injure himself or herself to show the sincerity, power, and attachment and enlightenment of the Mazu. As the videos, dated June 26, 2022, indicate the ceremony and practice of the female Taoist Sharman practice when a Mazu Temple in Chongher Town, New Taipei City, brought back its Mazu Deity to Pei Tian Temple for the worship practice.

The Temple is free for access, including bathroom and parking [it has two parking lots in short walking distance for the visitors].

May 11 and May 12, 2023, the Temple will hold its celebration and other religious activities, including parade, to celebrate Matzu birthday, which is May 12, 2023 [farmer calendar March 23]. Small-scale Parade around the Temple had been held on May 11, 2023, and the larger-scale parade at Puzi will be held on...

久聞朴子配天宮盛名，和丈夫冒著大雨前去求花 雖然最後順利求到花，但過程卻不是很開心

一開始由曾去過的朋友引領進大殿祭拜 結束後前往求花處，可能因為下雨天，所以人沒有很多 但左顧右盼找不到服務人員，後來突然有個大姊撐著傘走過說：「要求花？妳寫單子了嗎？」我搖頭，她指著遠方說：「寫單子。」我謄寫完粉紅色登記表後，卻遲遲等不到服務人員回來(也不知道原來消失的大姊就是。)

因為有事先閱讀求花處的公告，所以想說要等候十五分鐘 後來服務人員終於回來，此時也有其他求花信眾出現 我正要上前詢問，服務人員說：「拜了嗎？」(嗯，就是這麼沒頭沒尾，我只好自己理解) 我說剛剛有拜拜了，她說有跟媽祖說妳要求花嗎？ 我想了想，我是有說今天要來求花，但沒有如公告般詳細，正當我在思考，服務人員直接結論：「去大殿拜拜，然後等十五分鐘擲筊。」 所以在這滂沱大雨中，我又回到大殿去，我對照她說要閱讀的公告紙，誠心跪求、等十五分鐘擲筊，並沒有連續三個聖筊，但最終累積三個聖筊(因為公告並沒有寫〝連續〞，而是寫：拜拜後，等候十五分鐘，向聖母擲三個聖筊) 後來我回到了求花處，向服務人員報告我擲完筊了，以為可以開始求花，她卻說：「妳擲三個聖筊了？那求白花、紅花？」 我覺得奇怪，回答：「我擲三個，但不是連續，而且不是這邊才是求花處嗎？」 這時服務人員開始跳針說：「兩邊都可以求花啊！我剛剛就有說了。」 我的記憶力非常之好，而且這是非常重要的事情，我確定她沒有這樣說，所以我回答：「妳沒有這樣說。」 她依然跳針，我老公在旁邊緩頰，但我覺得有就是有、沒有就是沒有，所以我也再次強調她沒有說，後來她又問我說那妳剛剛不是有擲筊了？我說有，但不是連續。

她回我：「那就是妳沒有認真拜啊！」 我覺得這是非常不禮貌的回應，我當下立即回應，「有就是有、沒有就是沒有，妳事實上就是沒有說，而且前後三次說的都不一樣、都不完全。」 她叫我不要生氣，說這樣她怎麼服務我？ 我其實完全沒有覺得被服務，我反而覺得被冒犯、被打擊。

雖然最後求到花，但我也在當下動了怒氣，所以老公求花時，是我要向媽祖賠罪，為了別人的謊言。

任何一個遠道而來誠心求花的男女，多數都是真心想要成為父母，怎可以因為自己疏忽、沒有說清楚流程，就這樣隨意結論人家的祈求過程？誠摯希望廟方可以檢討此事，避免求子過程已經不容易，還...

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除了天上聖母，也有祭祀觀世音菩薩、城隍爺、福德正神、註生娘娘、月下老人，其中讓我印象深刻的就是...