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Yilan Taocheng’s Orphan-Robbing Folk Event

(Central News Agency reporter Shen Rufeng, Yilan County, September 3) According to legend, the more than 200-year-old Yilan Taocheng Orphan Folk event held locally last night only took 30 minutes to successfully win the 13-story building downwind flag.

Ilan County’s most well-known folk activity in July every year of the lunar calendar, this year it will be held just before the Ghost Gate, which will attract many people. Create an atmosphere of joy and happiness to come and enjoy the event.

Beneath the main stage as pillars are 16 large cedar trees, 12 of which are used for the players to climb and compete. A secluded shed platform is built on top of the large cedar trees are 13 more bamboo stacks about 30 meters high and hung with sacrifices.

Participating teams must climb to the top of the pillar by stacking the arhats on a large cedar tree covered in butter, and then using their hands and feet to climb the isolated shed platform using the extremely dangerous “top-down” method, and then up again. At the top of the lone stack, cut the downwind flag, and whoever moves faster wins.

This year’s Orphan Possession event started at 11:16 last night. Although Songxin Construction Team’s flag attacker Lee Donggi was the third player of the “inverted shade”, he showed a lot of physical strength and rose to the top. Orphan Stack, taking advantage of the wind, took about 30 minutes to win the flag.