Hey everyone! The same night of the lantern festival, I went to a temple parade at another location in Hualien. It featured worshippers, performers and idols from different temples around the area:
Here a procession is followed by tall gods (they are called 七爺八爺):
Close-up of an idol (五府千歲）:
Floats lit up in neon accompanied by a band and a dancing idol:
Presenting offerings to the idol:
People crawling under the god of wealth to accrue his blessings for the new year:
Assorted other gods (sorry, I’m not very knowledgable about them)
（八家將）Performers from a local temple:
Pimped out ride playing a techno remix of Tokyo Drift:
Lanterns from a display:
Stuck behind the slow-moving idol carrier on the way back!
