As the new year approaches, older members of my family go to the Guandi Temple to thank the deity for his blessings over the past year and to make prayers for the new year.
歲聿云暮，急景殘年的景象象徵新年即將到來，家中老人習慣在每年年終上廟酬謝關帝爺一年來的庇祐，到春節時又上廟去許願。