Hundreds get cleaning to get temples spick-and-span
Hundreds get cleaning to get temples spick-and-span
2026-02-10
The Lunar New Year is right around the corner, and many households in Taiwan are doing their annual spring cleaning to start off the Year of the Horse right. And it’s not just regular households. Temples are getting a wipe-down too. Over in Taichung, hundreds of volunteers and staff gathered at Lecheng Temple to clean every nook and cranny, from wiping floors and walls to dusting every single god figurine. Over at Tiangong Temple, the operation was even more intense, as there is a 21.5m tall statue to clean.
Staff are busy at the altar, wiping down the god’s faces. At the side, they use brushes to delicately sweep the dust off.
This is the Lecheng Temple near Taichung’s Han River, which honors Mazu. Hundreds of volunteers have come to give the deities inside a bath to be spick-and-span before the Lunar New Year.
Volunteer
Cleaning deity figurines
We go one by one, dusting them with a soft brush to get the dust off. Then we clean the floor and give everything a wipe before putting the statue back.
Hung Jung-chi
Lecheng Temple
We mobilized more than 400 temple volunteers to help out with the cleaning operation.
A thorough clean was also underway at the Tiangong Temple in Longjing District, where washing the 21.5m statue of the Jade emperor was the key challenge. Staff had to set up ladders and balance over the statue to wipe it with towels properly, both front and back.
Member of staff
Tiangong Temple
Traditionally this is done on the 20th day of the 12th lunar month. This year, that landed on a holiday, so the head of our committee asked the Jade Emperor to see if we could do it a day earlier. We cast divination blocks three times and he agreed.
A team of 50 cleaners went all out at Tiangong temple. Some handled the high-altitude tasks, while other cleaned pillars, blessing lamps, the floor and the offering tables. Everything has to be spotless for a fresh new start this coming holiday season.
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馬年煥然一新! 台中天公廟、樂成宮幫"神明洗澎澎"
2026-02-10
歲末年終家家戶戶大掃除，廟宇神明也要擦澡洗臉，台中龍井天公廟展開總動員，替玉皇大帝擦澡洗臉，工作人員，還得架梯爬高替神尊清潔。另外樂成宮媽祖廟，依照過往，出動上百名人力進到宮廟替神尊大掃除，要讓神明好過年。
工作人員站上神桌，替神明擦臉，另外一邊，用刷子將神尊上的灰清刷掃落。
這裡是台中旱溪樂成宮媽祖廟，百名志工來到廟宇，替廟內的神尊洗澎澎，讓要神明開心過年
[[志工人員]]
“一尊尊請出來，用毛刷清潔，把灰塵擦掉，地板擦乾淨，擦一擦再請回去”
[[樂成宮常務董事 洪榮吉]]
“我們動用我們廟內志工，有400多位志工全面出勤，來做清潔的動作”
龍井天公廟也幫神明擦澡，天公廟的玉皇大帝神像，高達21.5公尺，工作人員還得架梯，拿著毛巾爬上爬下，替神尊擦臉，不僅正面要擦，背面也要擦。
[[廟方人員]]
“都在農曆12月20日，傳統就是12月20，但今年特別就是遇到例假日，所以主委就請示玉皇上帝看，提早一天行不行，三個聖筊”
天公廟總動員，50多人分頭進行，有人高空作業，擦拭神明、從柱子到光明燈以及廟內地板供桌通通都得清潔乾淨，要讓神明金光閃閃，迎新年。
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