Reporter Xu Zhengxiong/Reporting from Kaohsiung
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In response to the 2050 Net Zero Policy, the Kaohsiung City Government’s Civil Affairs Bureau promotes low-carbon sacrifices with net zero green life as the core. It provides guidance to the Guandi Temple in Yicheng Hall, Kaohsiung, to replace all lamps with LED lights, and promote the use of rice instead of gold and one furnace Low-carbon sacrifices such as an incense stick, the introduction of electronic payment systems, and the installation of solar energy-saving facilities transform the temple into a low-carbon and environmentally friendly temple.
Hong Rongfeng, chairman of the Kaohsiung Taoist Church, who is also the chairman of the Kaohsiung Yicheng Hall Guandi Temple, said that after replacing all lamps in the temple with LED lights and installing solar panels for their own use, the electricity bill was reduced by nearly 50%, while the traditional Using cash to add sesame oil money involves the risk of keeping the cash and requires labor to count. After the introduction of electronic payment, it is fast and convenient. More than 50% of the people use it. Through the electronic payment system, the temple has greatly reduced labor costs, and even foreign tourists are also paying. use.
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Yichengtang Guandi Temple has reduced the number of incense burners from five to two, and implemented one incense burner per burner. It also promoted the use of rice instead of gold, so that people who go to incense on weekdays can choose gold paper or safe rice, which greatly reduces the daily burning of gold paper. At events such as Dharma gatherings, the amount of gold paper is reduced and replaced with white rice, and the white rice is donated to disadvantaged groups.
Chairman Hong Rongfeng pointed out that with the promotion of the temple, the number of people who support the use of rice in lieu of gold has gradually increased. With both environmental protection and traditional beliefs, it not only achieves the goal of low-carbon sacrifice, but also responds to social welfare.
Yan Qingzhi, Director of the Civil Affairs Bureau, 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 Yichengtang Guandi Temple, Let more religious groups understand that low-carbon sacrifice is a new direction for preserving traditional culture and innovation, and it is also a practice and response to environmental protection concepts. We look forward to working together to achieve the goal of net zero emissions.
