Japanese Angel's Sedan Chair

Photographer

Peng tai hong 彭泰宏

Category

Fine Art Photography - Religious

Company

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Submission Group

Professional

Year

2024

Country / Region:

Taiwan

This is a blessing ceremony in Matsuyama City, Japan with a history of 400 years. Each sedan weighs about 700 kilograms, and more than 100 sedan bearers work together to carry the sedan. And shake the sedan chair up and down, left and right, to wake up the angels in the sedan chair and pray for a good harvest and prosperous business. When the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster occurred in 2011, Taiwan Songshan Ssjy temple immediately donated 30 million yen for disaster relief. In order to thank the people of Taiwan for their donations and help in the 311 earthquake in Japan, In 2023, the mayor of Songshan City in Japan specially organized a group to perform in Taiwan.