Doors to Diplomacy Participants

New Taipei Municipal Beida High School (2016 CyberFair Project ID 8134)
Taiwan, New Taipei City
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 4. Local Specialties

We estimate 7 student(s) from 16 to 17 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Pig of God Festival is regard as a celebration of Hakka culture and a belief in a religion. People who believe in this celebration will raise the holy pig to compete. People totally believe that the heavier they raise the holy pig, the more easily they will be a winner in the annual celebration, and it will bring a good luck in the future. Additionally, the raiser will put an orange or a pineapple into the holy pig’s mouth, which stands for auspice. After the celebration, pork from the holy pig will be shared to the believer to wish all of them can have perfect days from then on.

Project Description: Chinese New Year is an important festival in Taiwan. When the festival is coming to the end, which means the Pig of God Festival is coming. On every sixth day of the Chinese New Year, Zu Shih Temple, which is a temple in Sanxia, will hold a celebration to appreciate the God. This celebration is exactly a significant event to the locals in Sanxia. However, this is going to be a recollection. In recent years, because people put more emphasis on animal conservation than before activities, many people start to question the process of raising a holy pig. They think the holy pig will be treated cruelly during the raising process. Therefore, there are more and more animal protection groups opposing to the celebration. Hence, we are going to investigate the holy pigs in Sanxia and demonstrate the result on the website.

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