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Shen Zhu or God Pig, sometimes known as Holy pig (traditional Chinese: 神豬; simplified Chinese: 神猪; pinyin: shénzhū; Wade–Giles: shen-chu; Pe h-ōe-jī: sîn-tu), are pigs that have been chronically fattened for use in Hakka religious and cultural ceremonies
Every sixth day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar on Zushi-Gong's birthday, Changfu Temple holds a sacred pig (神豬; Pe h-ōe-jī: Sîn-ti) contest. Farmers would compete by raising the largest pig, which during the competition day, the pig is decorated with ornaments.
Pigs of God (神豬(Pe h-ōe-jī: Sîn-ti)) Contest - The largest event held at Zushi Temple around Chinese New Year where farmers compete to raise the fattest pig. The fattest pig is then sacrificed at the temple but not to the main deity , Zushi-Ye (祖師爺( Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Chó͘-sai-iâ )) as he was formerly a Buddhist monk.
Sacrifice (particularly blood sacrifice) is an exclusively male rite almost worldwide [3] that serves to bond men: "it establishes a kinship which goes above and beyond the 'natural' bloodshed of childbirth." [4] Among other points, Korte draws a connection between sacrificial blood and fertility-related blood. [3]
