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:iconmeihua:
A person in front of me taking a picture of the boat used in the boat-burning ceremony (燒王船).

The boat-burning ceremony is a festival that takes place every couple of years in Donggang. The people pile up a large decorative boat with sacrifices such as money and papercraft goods, set it on fire, and send it out to sea. They believe that burning this boat helps keep evil and sickness away from the village. I think the boat burning is also in honor of Mazu, who protects fishermen, but I'm not sure.

Donggang, Taiwan
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*Rabid-Coot Jan 30, 2013  Hobbyist Photographer
Picture in picture mode.
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*meihua Feb 3, 2013
:D
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~guptanikhil088 Jan 30, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Nice! Interesting information! They don't seem to do this in PRC, though.
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*meihua Jan 30, 2013
Nope, pretty sure it is a Taiwan thing - Mazu is not so important outside of Taiwan and south China. It's called 烧王船 in Chinese :)
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~guptanikhil088 Jan 30, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
:)
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*bear48 Jan 29, 2013
cool
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