Te-ki-tsu

Worship of Te-ki-tsu (地基主; Tē-ki-tsú; Dìjīzhǔ; Ti⁴-chi¹-chu³) is especially common in Taiwanese folk beliefs. Many institutions such as government agencies and companies will honor a Te-ki-tsu when moving into a new building.

Household altars to Te-ki-tsu are very common.[1]

Such deities are ambiguous in their nature sometimes ghosts and sometimes deities. Sometimes considered the souls of former occupants[2] Sometimes rituals for such deities is seen as moving the building from the yin world to the yang world[2] (see yin miao for more information on Taiwanese beliefs on the yin world).

The tradition may originate with Taiwanese indigenous peoples and their practice of indoor burial, or burying people inside buildings.

References

  1. ^ ChinaConnectU (2012-01-23). "Religion, Folk (Mínjiān zōngjiào 民間宗教)|Mínjiān zōngjiào 民間宗教 (Religion, Folk)". ChinaConnectU. Archived from the original on 2023-04-07. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  2. ^ a b 弘子, 植野 (1992-03-31). 台湾漢民族の死霊と土地 : 謝土儀礼と地基主をめぐって（IV. 祖先祭祀の諸形態）. 国立歴史民俗博物館研究報告 (in Japanese). 41: 377–411. ISSN 0286-7400.
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