page_title: Qingshui (monk)
section_title: Worship
hierarchical_section_title: Qingshui (monk) / Worship
caption_attribution_description: 中文（繁體）‎: 三峽長福巖,新北市三峽區秀川里
context_page_description: Qingshui, also known as Chó͘-su-kong, born Chen Zhaoyin was a Chan Buddhist monk during the Northern Song from Anxi County, Quanzhou. He was said to have gained supernatural powers gained through his skill in speaking the dharma and meditation. Through this, he is said to have saved the town of Anxi during a period of drought, bringing rain as he went from place to place. In reverence, the villagers built shrines to him and hence became a deified person in Chinese folk religion.
  Qingshui is also known by the following nicknames:
  Dropping Nose Ancestor, known for the prominent nose featured in Qingshui's effigies
  Black Faced Ancestor
  Worship of Qingshui Zhushi is especially popular in Taiwan, where he is worshiped by local villagers for protection and in overseas Hokkien-speaking communities. His birthday is celebrated on the sixth day of the first lunar month.
context_section_description: It is stated that all the devotees would worship Qingshui Zhushi by using fruit, cakes and other vegetarian food as offering items on the Deity's birthday (on the sixth day of first lunar month) every year to express their devotion and gratitude. And up till now, many worshippers will frequently visit His temples throughout the years to pray for His divine blessings and protections. Some also believe they will gain good blessings for the rest of the year after faithfully worshipped in His temples. God pigs are also a popular sacrifice at certain Qingshui Zhushi temples among the Hakka community in Taiwan.
caption: Zushi Temple in Taipei is dedicated to Qingshui.
exif: {"Image Tag 0x000B": "Windows Photo Editor 10.0.10011.16384", "Image ImageWidth": "4819", "Image ImageLength": "3617", "Image BitsPerSample": "[8, 8, 8]", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Image Make": "Sony", "Image Model": "G3226", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "3", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)", "Image DateTime": "2018:02:02 20:10:43", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image Tag 0x0220": "0", "Image Tag 0x0221": "0", "Image Tag 0x0222": "0", "Image Tag 0x0223": "0", "Image Tag 0x0224": "0", "Image Tag 0x0225": "", "Image Padding": "[]", "Image ExifOffset": "2556", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "5182", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "4773", "EXIF ExposureTime": "421/1000000", "EXIF FNumber": "2", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Unidentified", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "50", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2017:09:12 10:11:10", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2017:09:12 10:11:10", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "11228819/1000000", "EXIF ApertureValue": "2", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "-13/10", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Spot", "EXIF LightSource": "other light source", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "211/50", "EXIF SubSecTime": "49", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "49", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "49", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "4819", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3617", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "5068", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF Padding": "[]"}