Must-visit popular wealth god temples across Northern, Central, and Southern Taiwan to attract fortune in the New Year
By / MOOK HowToTrip Editorial Team Compilation & Report
Visiting temples to pray and worship for blessings is a traditional Taiwanese custom to bring good luck and prosperity for the new year, and praying for wealth is one of the most popular activities during the spring outings. HowToTrip has handpicked some of the most bustling and highly revered wealth god temples across Northern, Central, and Southern Taiwan, recommending them as must-visit destinations for all travelers during the New Year period, helping everyone start the year by attracting great fortune.
Aside from praying at wealth god temples, enjoying night views is also quite a delightful experience (Image source / Hongluo Di Nanshan Fude Palace)
New Taipei - Jinshan Wealth God Temple
The Jinshan Wealth God Temple mainly worships the Five Directions Wealth Gods, and features Taiwan’s first-ever Wealth God Bank, where visitors can borrow “fortune money” ranging from 100 to 300 times the amount based on the number of jiaobei (divination blocks) they throw. The borrowed money can be deposited into a regular bank account, and when wishes come true, devotees can return to fulfill their vows. There are also treasure bags available for prayer (Image source / Jinshan Wealth God Temple)
New Taipei – Shiding Five Directions Wealth God Temple
In addition to praying for “wealth-bringing cash,” visitors to the Shiding Five Directions Wealth God Temple can also exchange their loose change for “money water” with Tiger God—trading small coins for “blessed” ones, though you can't exchange large amounts (for example, you can’t trade one dollar for ten). The exchanged money is believed to bring good fortune for the entire year (Image provided / IG: dai_chenyu)
New Taipei - Hongluo Di Nanshan Fude Palace
Located in Zhonghe, the Hongluo Di Nanshan Fude Palace features a 108-meter-tall statue of the Earth God, and inside the main hall there is another two-meter-tall Earth God statue. Visitors can touch the golden ingots, walking stick, and beard on the Earth God statue to pray for good luck (Image source / Hongluo Di Nanshan Fude Palace)
Taoyuan - Welcome Wealth Send Poverty Temple
At the Welcome Wealth Send Poverty Temple in Daxi, Taoyuan, visitors can scoop a ladle of water from the Fortune Water Transformation Pool at the entrance, first sprinkle it on a golden ingot, then dip their fingers in the water on the ingot and dot it onto various parts of their body to symbolize purification. After praying inside the temple, walking through the “jiaobei avenue” at the exit symbolizes receiving blessings and good fortune from the Five Directions Wealth Gods (Image source / Daxi Welcome Wealth Send Poverty Temple)
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