Linshui Temple in Gutian County, Fujian Province, mainly worships the Taoist goddess Chen Jinggu. Worshiping Chen Jinggu and holding the ritual of inviting incense and receiving fire are currently the most influential folk belief activities in Fujian Province and even in the Jiangnan region. Its influence has even spread to Southeast Asia and Chinese communities around the world. The belief in Chen Jinggu originated in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The incense has been passed down continuously. According to the "Gutian County Chronicles" of the Ming Wanli Period, Chen Jinggu was born in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that she was a native of Xiadu, Cangshan, Fuzhou. At the age of 24, she was reborn to pray for rain. She sacrificed her young life to relieve the drought and save the people. After her death, she was revered as the protector of children and women. An old wooden house near the Xu Zhenjun Temple in Xiachi, Cangshan was also regarded as the ancestral house of Chen Jinggu by the locals and worshipped. The belief in Chen Jinggu has influenced Chinese communities in Fujian, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Anhui and other provinces (regions) and all over the world. There are more than 80 million believers, and more than 4,000 branch temples of Linshui Temple have appeared, forming a special folk cultural phenomenon. The ritual of inviting incense and receiving fire is carried out throughout the year, and the most grand ritual is held in the first month of the lunar calendar, the month of Chen Jinggu's birthday. At that time, believers from all over the country will form a "Lady Society" to celebrate Christmas at Gutian Linshui Temple, and invite incense and receive fire from the ancestral temple to return home to pray for gods, reflecting the widespread desire of the public to pray for blessings and peace. In this process, Taoist rituals, folk music, opera and dance, traditional martial arts, and folk art from different schools in various places are fully displayed. There are more than 400 branch temples of Linshui Temple in Taiwan, and more than 400,000 pilgrims from Taiwan have made the Gutian ancestral temple in the past two decades. With the ritual of inviting incense and receiving fire as a medium, Taiwanese compatriots have enhanced their emotional exchanges with mainland compatriots and their identification with national culture in the folk belief rituals of sharing the same ancestors and gods. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)