Kathu Shrine
Chinese shrine · Kathu
A Chinese shrine in Kathu, one of the island's four Tao Bo halls and one of the three that run the biggest programmes of the Vegetarian Festival.
Chinese shrine
About Kathu Shrine
A Chinese shrine in Kathu that is quiet most of the year and becomes one of the island's busiest addresses in the ninth lunar month, when it runs one of the largest Vegetarian Festival programmes. Its fire walk is held at 3 pm, in daylight, earlier than anywhere else.
As the record has it
Good to know
- What to see
A Guan Yin statue and rows of small dark wooden figures along the altar shelf.
- Events
The Vegetarian Festival in the ninth lunar month; Kathu holds its fire walk at 15:00, in daylight, earlier than any other shrine.
Kathu district
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