2020年1月1日 星期三

Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Wanjin Taiwan

Feast of the Immaculate Conception, one of the most unique cultural festival in Taiwan, is famous for its Western and Eastern integration. If you are a cathlic, no matter you come from Philipine, Vietnam, Spain, you should join the amazing event.






       Wanchin Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, is a Basilica church in Wanjin Village, Wanluan Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.

        It's also the first basilica church in Taiwan.
        Founded in 1863 by a Spanish-Dominican missionary, Wanjin Catholic Church located in Pingtung is known to be the oldest Catholic church in Taiwan. In 1984, Pope John Paul II declared the church to be a basilica minore, which then made it to the world stage. Within the Holy Mother Park, a plumeria tree has been standing as long as the church itself, and over the years, it has also witnessed two significant festivities of a Catholic church — the parade of the Holy Mother and the Christmas celebrations. by Round Taiwan Round
 

 What make the feast so unique is that the church and the feast is the combination of Eastern & Western culture and architecture. The church is a Spanish styled architecture mixed with the style of Southern China building. The parade is smiliar to Chinese religional pilgriamge celebrated with firecracks. The Priest and Nun wear the dressing of local aboriginal race, Paywan



I am not a cathlic, and I am even not a christian. You may know more the history of Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Here I want to introduce how arrange the itinerary:
  • Date
The date of Feast of the Immaculate Conception in Wanjin of falls on the first or second Sunday morning. You can check the information from their webpage or write an email to confirm the date of the feast.
  • Schedule
The pray, with different languages, is hold between 10 am-12pm. The parade starts from 1:30pm. The parade ends around 3:30pm.
  • Transportation
You can take Pingtung Bus 8235 from Pingtung Railway Station at 7:30am, 8:55 am, 10:40am 12:25pm. The bus takes 45 minutes to Wanjin Church. Use ibus to check the timetake or real-time GPS of the bus. Since the next bus to Pingtung station is 6:40pm, you may take taxi to Xishi Station and take train to Pingtung Statyion, Koahsiung Station, Xinzuoying Station(HSR Kaohsiung Station).



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