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Quick guide to Kanding Burning Horse Sourced or Silent · CC BY-SA 4.0 謝火馬,或稱射火馬、燒火馬,是焚化紙紮馬隻(火馬、使馬)作祭品的台灣民俗科儀。
01 · What it is
Living Tradition Documented cultural tradition on record; family classification awaits an editor.
02 · Where & name
Taiwan Written in its own script on record as 謝火馬.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed) Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
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歷史 一說與孤魂信仰有關。依台南市後壁區崁頂勸善堂廟公黃神賜在1948年口述,緣起於清末欽差官林進由諸羅縣押解庫銀,途中遭盜賊攔截,官兵在搭乘竹筏到八掌溪崁頂岸邊後,最後於沼澤被淹死。村民為安撫亡靈,在池府千歲聖誕農曆六月十七日同一日舉行祭拜。勸善堂也有說法是祭祀在八掌溪舊河道沼澤地械鬥的亡靈。崁頂里長莊碧珠則說村民在村口沼澤殺盜匪,為讓亡魂解脫,因此有此燒火馬儀式。
儀式 崁頂的儀式會在農曆六月十七日下午三時舉行,勸善堂乩童先在案前起乩,一手持香一手拿法器,然後騎上紙糊馬發號施令,祭典正式展開。火馬依次施放,蜂炮從馬腹部射出,接著廟方人員對淋上汽油,最末燒庫銀紙錢,由池王乩童帶領眾人敬酒。
參見 崩埤戰役 走赦書:香港太平清醮焚化紙紮功曹馬(使馬)的儀式。
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What is Kanding Burning Horse in plain words? 謝火馬,或稱射火馬、燒火馬,是焚化紙紮馬隻(火馬、使馬)作祭品的台灣民俗科儀。 In local script on record, it is written 謝火馬.
Where is Kanding Burning Horse practised or documented? Sources on this page place Kanding Burning Horse in Taiwan.
What is the current condition of Kanding Burning Horse today? □□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
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The tradition & historical record 1 min read · 2 sources 謝火馬,或稱射火馬、燒火馬,是焚化紙紮馬隻(火馬、使馬)作祭品的台灣民俗科儀。 1
歷史 一說與孤魂信仰有關。依台南市後壁區崁頂勸善堂廟公黃神賜在1948年口述,緣起於清末欽差官林進由諸羅縣押解庫銀,途中遭盜賊攔截,官兵在搭乘竹筏到八掌溪崁頂岸邊後,最後於沼澤被淹死。村民為安撫亡靈,在池府千歲聖誕農曆六月十七日同一日舉行祭拜。勸善堂也有說法是祭祀在八掌溪舊河道沼澤地械鬥的亡靈。崁頂里長莊碧珠則說村民在村口沼澤殺盜匪,為讓亡魂解脫,因此有此燒火馬儀式。
另一說是瘟神信仰。象徵驅趕瘟神、祈求豐收,在農業社會很盛行。火馬相傳為神將坐騎,以前用稻草製成,後來失傳後按馬形體以竹子編製骨架。 1
原先崁頂的習俗是用馬造型的紙糊黏在香爐,在祭拜亡靈時點燃,以答謝池王爺出面化解冤魂不平之氣。2005年,謝藏伍擔任崁頂村長後,才將小體積的紙糊馬隻,改成用木材製作的大型火馬。為了吸引遊客,前往鹽水武廟取經,設計可以讓蜂炮由馬腹中射出來,並到漚汪找紙紮師傅,才完成今日大型火馬的原始造型。當時一隻大型火馬製作成本約三萬台幣。
桃園市龜山區嶺頂里壽山巖觀音寺也派人前往南臺灣學習此科儀,在農曆正月初十舉行。
雲林縣水林鄉蕃薯厝順天宮也有此儀式,是用竹子編製紙馬,在元宵節舉行三天繞境夜巡射火馬活動,適逢馬年更擴大舉辦。
2016年時,崁頂勸善堂廟方準備的火馬數量達三十四隻,較去年多六隻、較前年多十六隻,2020年「後壁崁頂放火馬」登錄為台南市無形文化資產。 1
儀式 崁頂的儀式會在農曆六月十七日下午三時舉行,勸善堂乩童先在案前起乩,一手持香一手拿法器,然後騎上紙糊馬發號施令,祭典正式展開。火馬依次施放,蜂炮從馬腹部射出,接著廟方人員對淋上汽油,最末燒庫銀紙錢,由池王乩童帶領眾人敬酒。 1
參見 崩埤戰役
走赦書:香港太平清醮焚化紙紮功曹馬(使馬)的儀式。
發關:香港盂蘭勝會焚化紙紮白馬到陰間接引孤魂的儀式。
精靈馬:日本盂蘭盆節家庭以青瓜或茄子製作用作迎接祖靈的馬。
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The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “謝火馬”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Kanding Burning Horse is recorded in open cultural data. The structured record cited below does not describe the practice, and this entry has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
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