On the 3rd, YouLove Parent-Child Pavilion and Jiayi City God Temple held the public welfare traditional grabbing game event “City God Blesses the People, Wenchang Protects the Children” at the Chiayi City Children’s Welfare Service Center. In addition to free registration for disadvantaged families, the event’s registration fees were donated to Jiayi City God Temple as a charitable fund. Chiayi Mayor Huang Min-hui participated and grabbed three items — a gold ingot, a chicken leg, and a book — representing the city’s three-pronged childcare policy: “Birth with Allowance, Childcare without Worry, Education with Hope.”
A total of 25 parent-child pairs took part in this charity grabbing game. Huang Min-hui stated that the “grabbing game” is the first important ceremony for a baby turning one year old. Modern grabbing game events not only reflect adults’ expectations for their children but also provide an opportunity for parent-child fun, leaving beautiful memories as the child grows.
At the event, Huang Min-hui and Lai Yong-chuan, chairman of Jiayi City God Temple, rang the Wisdom Gong for the babies and presented them with Fu-Hu Fortune Sachets to send blessings, praying for the blessing of the City God and the Wenchang Emperor to help the children grow in wisdom and safety. YouLove Parent-Child Pavilion director Weng Zi-ming pointed out that the “traditional grabbing game” draws on the auspicious meaning of “six six great smoothness,” hence all numbers involved relate to the number 6. The event prepared 18 items such as pens, abacuses, coins, and books for toddlers to grab on their first birthday, predicting their future interests while also enhancing parent-child interaction.
Chiayi Mayor Huang Min-hui also grabbed items on-site symbolizing the city’s three-pronged childcare policy — a gold ingot, a chicken leg, and a book. The Chiayi City Government Social Affairs Bureau stated that to implement the city’s “Three-Education Policy,” the municipal team continues to create a more family-friendly childcare environment, hoping to make Chiayi a city where young people “dare to have children, can afford to raise them, and feel secure settling down long-term.”
(China Times)