[Gathering Energy in Beitou, Healing Baths to Pray for a Fruitful Year] The 2021 Taipei Hot Spring Season on 11/25 invites you to gather energy and pray for a fruitful year together

(Taiwan TB News Network / Reporter Zhu Zhu) The 2021 Taipei Hot Spring Season arranged the "Gathering Energy in Beitou, Healing Baths to Pray for a Fruitful Year" launch ceremony on November 25, inviting Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je to attend. Special guest "Oh Bear Team Leader" also came to the scene to cheer and pray together with Mayor Ko, ringing the blessing bell, symbolizing the gathering of energy - as well as the strength of local industries - to create a fruitful year ahead. Friends who have not yet visited the 2021 Taipei Hot Spring Season, come quickly to Xinbeitou and feel the vitality and charm of this small town.

(Photo / Zhu Zhu / Gathering Energy in Beitou, Healing Baths to Pray for a Fruitful Year launch ceremony)

Since ancient times, people have used natural elements such as sound, light and water in prayer rituals to convey their wishes and thoughts to the heavens, such as: indigenous blessing dances, Tibetan five-colored prayer flags, bell-ringing on New Year's Eve……. Beitou is the name that the Ketagalan people of the Pingpu tribe gave to this area, meaning "witch." Legend has it that the witch was the embodiment of the wise, living in Beitou and using rituals to resolve disasters brought by the sulfurous spring water, nurturing Beitou's diverse cultural and industrial landscape. In Beitou's hot spring culture, besides the witch, there is another deity named "Tangshou Guanyin" (Hot Spring Guardian Guanyin), created as a spiritual anchor for Beitou residents. For more than a hundred years, it has silently guarded Beitou's hot springs, closely bound with the emotions of the people, which is precisely the vivid life force of hot spring culture. During the event, a Tangshou Guanyin prayer ceremony is arranged at Xingchuan Pavilion, allowing the public to experience hand purification and bell lighting, purifying the worldly emotional turmoil and receiving heartfelt blessings.

(Photo / Zhu Zhu / 2021 Taipei Hot Spring Season, Bear Awesome!)

The 2021 Taipei Hot Spring Season opens on November 25. This year's event, as always, features an extremely rich and exciting lineup: the Beitou and Asia-Pacific Hot Spring Joint Special Exhibition, lively displays by cultural and creative souvenir vendors. In response to the online shopping needs of the E-generation and the digital transformation of the post-pandemic commercial ecosystem, this year a hot spring online shopping festival concept has been specially added, with three livestream sales sessions held from November 26 (Fri) to November 28 (Sun) in the evening; the public's favorite Witch Play Travelogue stamp-collecting lottery, this year also has an advanced AR experience stamp-collecting lottery and energy-gathering lottery, letting people have fun while enjoying great deals! Charity activities are also indispensable, including: blood donation, charity sales, park cleanup and mammography examinations. Of course, stage activities remain spectacular, including: Ming Hwa Yuan performances, local arts performances, nakashi singing nights, and the Beitou Energy-Gathering Concert inviting quality singers and bands for starlight night singing. The public is welcome to gather friends for a trip to Beitou to soak in hot springs, taste delicious food, watch performances, and experience Beitou's hot spring culture tour.

(Photo / Zhu Zhu / Beitou and Asia-Pacific Hot Spring Joint Special Exhibition)

Chairman Zhou Shuimei of the Taipei Hot Spring Development Association stated that through the efforts of Beitou hot spring hotels and local residents, combined with Taipei City's promotion of the "Beitou Hot Spring • Museum Without Walls," local scenic spots and historic sites with years of cultural heritage are integrated with daily life, injecting new vitality into Beitou, allowing more friends from afar to experience the museum without walls, freely moving through scenic spots rich in culture, feeling that the museum is close at hand and that life is full of knowledge everywhere. In addition, the public is encouraged to join the weekend Beitou walking tours and dedicated bus tours of Beitou, where professional guides lead everyone to a deeper understanding of Beitou. We invite you to come to Xinbeitou and enjoy the moving feelings and sensations that hot springs bring us.

(Photo / Zhu Zhu / Beitou Museum Without Walls)

During the event, partial street closures are implemented in time slots. Due to the large crowds, to avoid traffic congestion, it is recommended to use public transportation as much as possible.