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Who is Zhang Shizi?

Zhang Shizi is a wandering god in Fuzhou.

Worship is a folk activity during the Lantern Festival in Fuzhou. The so-called visit to God refers to Zhang Shizi. During the Lantern Festival, people carried the gods out of the temple and accepted the incense offerings of the people. It means that the gods landed in the folk and visited the village to protect the environment. It is said that there are more than 1000 immortals in Fuzhou, which is rare in our country's cities. The existence of these gods is precisely because of the width of the river in Fuzhou, so there are so many gods.

Zhang Shizi is the son of Zhang, one of the five spirits gods. Netizens described him as "a symmetrical tree full of heroism; Eyebrows are like distant mountains and eyes are like stars. " Local tourism promotion bloggers also posted the slogan "I bet with God and your heart". "The god who once stayed away from him instantly attracted a big wave of" face value powder "on social platforms.

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Fuzhou Minhou Lianjiang Mawei Changle and other areas have their own characteristics, both differences and connections. They are also similar to some activities, such as Mazu's border tour in Putian, Minnan and Taiwan Province provinces, and Longyou in Longyan Gutian.

Fuzhou worships the gods, or takes a holy driving tour, visits the elderly, camps the elderly, visits the bodhisattva, visits the gods, meets the gods, welcomes the Spring Festival, makes pilgrimages, goes to the hometown of the bodhisattva, carries the Buddha, carries idols, and takes idol trips.

It means that in the New Year or other festive festivals, or the Christmas of the gods, when people go to the temple, they ask the gods to get on the sedan chair, and then they are carried out of the temple to pay homage and accept the incense offerings of the people. It means that the gods land in the people, patrol the countryside and protect the environment. Along the way, the procession was accompanied by performances such as gongs, drums, gods, lion dances, dragon dances, acrobatics and band performances.