Buddhism is Taiwan's largest religion, and its followers believe that after death the body should be left still for eight hours while sutras are chanted, to help the departed pass peacefully through the first phase of death.
對台灣最大宗信仰的傳統佛教徒而言，死者往生後，必須八小時不搬動遺體，同時在一旁誦念佛號，讓亡者心情平靜地度過死亡的第一階段。