【Commentary】The 4th Cross-Strait (Xiamen Haicang) Baosheng Tzu Chi Cultural Festival opened on April 16 at the Tzu Chi Ancestral Palace in Qingjiao, Xiamen, with more than 390 palace and temple representatives from Kaohsiung, Tainan, Kinmen, Penghu and Matsu, more than 350 representatives of Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou palaces and temples and local people, and nearly <>,<> people attending the grand event to worship Baosheng the Great.

【Commentary】Baosheng the Great is a famous doctor of the Northern Song Dynasty, Wu Zhenren, with superb medical skills and compassion. Fujian is the birthplace of the faith of Baosheng the Great, and in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, many people from southern Fujian crossed the sea to Taiwan, and then invited Baosheng the Great to incense. In Taiwan, Baosheng the Great is the second largest folk belief after Mazu, with hundreds of spiritual temples and millions of believers.

【During the same period】Taiwanese youth Li Jiazhang

I came to (the mainland) for the first time, because we all respect the faith of Baosheng the Great in Taiwan, because today we can come to the birthplace of Baosheng the Great (faith) for the first time, we feel very happy, and we also feel that the spiritual sustenance will be more solid.

【During the same period】Taiwanese youth Luo Wenting

I am also a believer of Baosheng the Great, and I can come together to pray for all the believers in Baosheng Emperor's belief and culture.

【Commentary】On the same day, representatives from the palaces and temples on both sides of the strait attended in full costume, and under the leadership of the main priest, they paid three worships and nine bows to the god Baosheng of the Tzu Chi Ancestral Palace of Qingjiao. After three years, Wu Sanlong, the head of Tainan Jiali Qinglong Palace, who came to worship again, told the China News Agency that he has been going to Haicang to worship the Baosheng Emperor since 2011. This time, he specially led more than 30 believers from Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Taipei and Tamsui to arrive in Xiamen on the "mini three links" passenger ship to participate in the ceremony.

【During the same period】Tainan Jiali Qinglong Palace Chairman Wu Sanlong

The two sides of the strait are the same root and the same ethnic group, and the family on both sides of the strait, the belief in the Baosheng Emperor, brings to every believer in the Taiwan compatriots, everyone is peace, and health is the most important main axis.

As one of the main priests, Chen Fuhai, the magistrate of Kinmen County, participated in the ceremony, bringing nearly 300 Kinmen believers to participate in the event, hoping that the two sides of the strait could interact frequently in other fields in addition to exchanges of folk belief activities.

【During the same period】Kinmen County Magistrate Chen Fuhai

Many Baosheng Emperors in Kinmen and these palaces and temples also came to participate together, and also prayed that we participants today, everyone is safe and healthy, and we have better cross-strait this kind of exchange, I want to say set the tone as "healthy cross-strait happiness trip". I think that some harmony between religion, belief, and our hearts can make the two sides of the strait develop better.

It is reported that the theme of the 16th Cross-Strait (Xiamen Haicang) Baosheng Tzu Chi Cultural Festival is "Healthy Cross-Strait Travel Integration Promotes Development", and through holding a series of themed activities on the inheritance of cross-strait folk culture, academic seminars on traditional Chinese medicine and herbal medicine, and interactive exchanges among young people, it jointly creates a cross-strait folk cultural exchange grand event.

Reporter Li Siyuan reported from Xiamen, Fujian

Responsible Editor: [Chen Wentao]