In response to the 2050 net-zero Kaohsiung Yichengtang Guandi Temple launches low-carbon sacrifices | Life | Central News Agency CNA

2024/4/25 15:00(Updated at 4/25 15:41)

(Central News Agency reporter Zhang Weilian, Kaohsiung, 25th) The Kaohsiung Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau is assisting Kaohsiung Yichengtang Guandi Temple in transforming into a low-carbon and environmentally friendly temple. All lamps have been replaced with LED lamps, using rice instead of gold, and one incense per burner, etc. Offer sacrifices, introduce electronic payment systems and install solar energy-saving facilities.

Kaohsiung Yichengtang Guandi Temple is located on Sanduosi Road, Lingya District. Hong Rongfeng, the chairman of the temple and chairman of the Kaohsiung Taoist Church, said that the temple originally used cash to add sesame oil, which was risky to keep and required manpower to count. The introduction Electronic payment is fast and convenient. More than 50% of the people use it. The electronic payment system can reduce labor costs. Even foreign tourists are using it. This is an additional benefit that I did not expect at first.

Hong Rongfeng pointed out that the number of incense burners in the temple has been reduced from 5 to 2, and each incense burner has been implemented. At the same time, “rice instead of gold” has been promoted, so that people who go to incense on weekdays can choose gold paper or safe rice to reduce the daily burning of gold paper. Rice can also be donated to disadvantaged groups after events such as pujas.

Hong Rongfeng said that after the temple’s lamps were replaced with LED lights and solar panels were installed for self-use, the electricity bill was reduced by nearly 50%. In addition, with the temple’s publicity, an increasing number of people supported the use of rice instead of gold, which combined environmental protection and traditional beliefs to achieve low-carbon worship. goals and respond to social welfare.

Civil Affairs Director Yan Qingzhi said that from the early days of encouraging temples to install environmentally friendly gold furnaces to the policy of centralized burning of paper money, and then guiding temples to implement low-carbon sacrifices using rice instead of gold, energy-saving measures and electronic payments, he hopes that through the successful experience of Kaohsiung Yicheng Hall Guandi Temple, more Multi-religious groups understand that low-carbon worship is the direction of preserving traditional culture and innovation, as well as practicing and responding to environmental protection concepts, and contributing to the goal of net-zero emissions. (Editor: Sun Chengwu) 1130425

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