Gods on holiday With the household gods returning to Heaven to spend New Year's, it is only natural that temple gods, who toil all year forestalling calamities and dispelling evil, are even more desirous of some time off.
送神明返鄉過節家宅神明要「返鄉」過年，那麼消災解厄、工作更為繁重的公廟諸神，自然也要返回天庭。