Deity Guide

Worship Tips: Bring a copy of your exam permit, celery (diligence), green onions (intelligence), garlic (winning odds), and radish (good luck). Taipei Wenchang Temple is the top destination.

Worship Tips: Offer sweets (Wealth God's favorite) and your business card. Military Wealth God (Guan Gong) is for sales/business; Civil Wealth God is for office workers. Tiger Lord 'bites money in'.

Worship Tips: Xia-Hai City God Temple and Longshan Temple are the top love shrines. Ask Yuelao for a red thread (3 Sheng Jiao needed). Zhinan Temple is famous for 'cutting off bad romances.'

Worship Tips: For chronic illness, ask for a 'Medicine Lot'. Report your condition sincerely to Baosheng Dadi. Mazu and Guanyin also protect safety — pray to Mazu before long journeys.

Worship Tips: Offer dates, peanuts, longans, lotus seeds (pun: 'early birth of a noble child'). Touch the 'flower hairpin' at Longshan Temple for extra luck. After delivery, return with sticky rice to repay the vow.

Worship Tips: Report injustices to the City God, who presides over spiritual justice. Guan Di protects the righteous. Xinzhuang Dazhong Ye is famous for finding lost items. Never lie — these deities are strictly just.

Worship Tips: Light a blessing lamp or register for Tai Sui protection at temples. For severe cases, seek the 'Ji Gai' (luck repair) ritual. Xingtian Temple offers free 'soul calming' service. Xuantian Shangdi and Wangye are the premier exorcism deities.