Doesn't killing violate Buddhism? In fact, many believers on Taiwan do not distinguish between Buddhism and Taoism, so that for some believers, if the intentions are good, there is nothing strange in the "sacrifices."
可是很多台灣民間信仰佛道不分；一些善男信女手頭闊綽，不免傾其所好以敬神，心意既在，也就不必太見怪了。不食人間煙火？