Festivals · Central
Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage 2027, Taichung
大甲媽祖遶境進香
The nine day Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage is expected to walk from Taichung to Chiayi and back from 9 to 18 April 2027.
Tentative date
- Dates
- Fri 09 to Sun 18 Apr 2027
- Date status
- Tentative date, from the previous edition or tradition. Not yet confirmed.
- Venue
- Jenn Lann Temple, Dajia District (pilgrimage to Fengtian Temple, Xingang, Chiayi)
- City
- Taichung
- County or city
- Taichung
- Region
- Central
- Category
- Festivals
- Tickets
- Free
- When it runs
- Annual; 9 days and 8 nights, start date set by divination on Lantern Festival day
- Checked
- Tue 27 Oct 2026 against the official source
About this event
Expected dates. The Dajia Mazu Pilgrimage is a nine day, eight night walk of about 340 kilometres from Jenn Lann Temple in Dajia, Taichung, to Fengtian Temple in Xingang, Chiayi, and back, and is a registered national folk custom. The start date is not fixed by the calendar: the temple sets it each year by divination on Lantern Festival day, so the 2027 date will only be confirmed on 20 February 2027. Recent editions have departed on a Friday night around the start of the third lunar month (17 April in 2026, returning 26 April), and the window shown follows that pattern, departing Friday 9 April and returning Sunday 18 April. Hundreds of thousands of followers walk some or all of the route, and towns along the way provide free food and lodging.
Booking
Booked around the event: hotels, passes, transfers and eSIM. Booking options for this event are being checked and will be added here.
Official source: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E7%94%B2%E5%AA%BD%E7%A5%96%E9%81%B6%E5%A2%83%E9%80%B2%E9%A6%99. Dates checked Tue 27 Oct 2026.