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3600斤大米組成 澎湖「乞平安龜」 燈節嬌客


【喬慧玲/台北報導】

  台北燈節熱鬧登場,今年除各式造型特殊的花燈外,賞燈遊客還有機會看到首次自澎湖空運來台的「乞平安龜」,以重達3600斤的大米組成,是澎湖元宵節的傳統習俗和重頭戲。

  主辦單位北市澎湖縣同鄉會表示,在澎湖縣眾多元宵節活動中,以乞平安龜最受各界矚目。古時大陸東南沿海居民、澎湖縣和台灣本島等臨海地區在元宵節時均以象徵長壽且常見的「龜」供人祭拜,祈求來年平安順利、福壽綿延。

  在生態保育意識萌生下,活龜祭祀的習俗逐漸改變成以糯米粉來製作所謂的「麵龜」或「肪片龜」供信徒祈求。大陸歷經戰爭動盪和文革,乞龜的習俗軼失,澎湖因四面環海的地理特性,仍保留這項至少 200年的民俗活動。

  澎湖乞龜在元宵節一連3天舉行,民眾乞回家中分食而吃,意指「呷平安」。隨時代進步,平安龜的種類愈來愈多樣,常見的有糯米龜、巧克力龜、麵線龜、麻糬龜、黑糖糕龜、蛋糕龜、果凍龜、米龜,甚至有金錢龜、黃金龜等。

  同鄉會表示,按理,每一年的平安龜都會「長大」、「增重」,象徵福氣智慧增長。但考量到處理起來費事,才改用等值的錢幣或黃金製作,也增添藝術價值。

  台北燈節乞平安龜以360包,每包重達10台斤的大米雕塑而成,背上有「合境平安」字樣;澎湖馬公天后宮也以鳳梨製作一條「2006」造型火龍,定時噴煙,更添看頭。澎湖縣同鄉會眾多鄉親昨日齊聚一堂,參加乞龜台啟用儀式,在北市副市長葉金川、澎湖縣長王乾發、馬公市長蘇崑雄等帶領持香祈禱下,乞龜台正式亮相,吸引不少首次開眼界的北市民眾爭相拍照留念。

資料來源:[中國時報] 2006/02/12