The Giant Boat Ceremony
In the Giant Boat Ceremony, a huge papen-made boat is burnt for the divine guardian of the sea. The purpose of this ritual is to pray for blessings, thus the fishermen would gain confidence and faith to achieve a good harvest year and head on the future.
Data Source: Sing-Hwa Hu, The Developmental Path of Fishery in Taiwan, Fishery Administration, June 1996 (in Chinese).
