霖興宮

Human touch

There is a phone in the temple

Is the Three Mountain King Temple

King Sanshan is very effective

There are more than 1,000 temples in Nantou County. Burning incense, gold paper, and firecrackers during detours and pujas often make the PM2.5 index soar instantly. The detour activities have measured PM2.5 as high as 3000 micrograms, which is close to the normal value. More than a hundred times, Nantou County today issued low-carbon certification marks for religious sites to 13 temples and temples. It is hoped that various religious groups will promote environmental protection of temples and work together to improve air quality. Temples awarded low-carbon certification include Lantian Academy in Nantou City, Ziyun Palace in Caotun Town, Dunhe Palace, Sanqing Palace in Guoxing Township, Qingde Temple, Shoutian Palace in Mingjian Township, Fuxing Palace, Shadong Palace in Zhushan Town, and Longquan in Jiji Township 13 religious sites including the Palace, Yuchi Township Golden Heaven, Rencheng Temple Wenshu Monastery, Puli Township Rencheng Temple Puli Jingshe, Rencheng Temple Juehua Garden and other 13 religious sites, covering Taoism and Buddhism, more and more temples are willing to cooperate with the new concept of modern environmental sacrifice . The Nantou County government stated that the maximum daily average concentration of PM2.5 should not exceed 35 micrograms. However, large-scale circumvention activities in China have measured 2,000 to 3,000 micrograms, which is almost a hundred times higher than the normal value, and the air quality deteriorates instantly. Burning incense and paper money are often in confined or semi-open spaces, and the air quality is prone to deterioration, which affects people's health. Nantou County Mayor Lin Mingqin said that Nantou is a major tourist county and a major religious town. Large-scale religious activities attract many believers to participate. With the trend of the times, the requirements for environmental quality have increased. The burning of incense, paper money, and the setting off of firecrackers cause air pollution and noise, which affects lives. The quality has even been criticized by the public. Therefore, the county government promotes low-carbon certification for religious sites, encouraging believers to burn only one stick of incense, reduce the amount of gold paper, and uniformly incinerate them by the temple. Director of Civil Affairs Wu Yanling said that various religious sites in Nantou County have recently spared no effort to reduce the amount of gold paper and incense sticks. In addition to the temple’s promotion of "one furnace, one incense," reducing the use of incense sticks, gold paper should also be reduced and burned together. Avoid a large number of burning in the open, and hope that people will put their hands together to replace the incense sticks, "replace gold paper with rice, flowers and fruits, and pray for the blessings of the gods with a pious heart.