台灣有在農曆年時，在寺廟點光明燈的習俗，熱門的寺廟包括台北市萬華龍山寺，上週四起就有民眾來排隊等著要點12月底才要開放的光明燈大燈，龍山寺緊急公告今年要取消大燈。
龍山寺的清潔人員動手撕膠布，這是民眾為了排隊點光明燈，在膠布寫號碼佔位子，還有椅子、寶特瓶，通通遭撤走，引發民眾不滿。
[[排隊民眾]]
“你提早講的話，我們就不排了對不對”
有人排隊才貼出公告，說要取消大燈，更換發號碼牌的地點，排隊民眾成了冤大頭，甚至還傳出龍山寺潑水趕人。
[[排隊民眾]]
“九點多，掃地、洗地就這樣(噴水)，好像遊民”
龍山寺的大燈太搶手，年年引發排隊亂象，現在公告取消大燈，雖然時機點有爭議，但主管機關持正面的態度。
[[台北市民政局副局長 陳其鏞]]
“他們也沒有想到民眾會，這麼快去排隊，這個時候公告應該還好，一個月前，很早了”
去年龍山寺有12萬盞光明燈小燈，1萬盞大燈，今年雖然取消大燈，但會大幅增加6萬盞小燈，反而將多賺1600萬。
Taipei’s Lungshan Temple is trying to put an end to the long lines of people waiting to sponsor temple lights for the Lunar New Year. It hopes to quell this large crowd of devotees by ending the sponsorship of large lights.
Taipei’s Lungshan Temple has announced it will end the annual blight of people queuing in line for the chance to sponsor large temple lights. In past years, many have staked their place in line by using chairs, stools, and PET bottles. This unsightly mess has drawn much public criticism.
“If you announced it in advance, we wouldn’t have waited in line.”
Some people had already begun queuing and assigning their own numbers before a notice was put up by the temple saying it was ending the sponsorship of large lights and potentially changing the location to wait to sponsor smaller lights. There were even reports that cleaning crews were using water to chase people away from where the line had formed.
“At 9 o’clock in the morning, someone came to clean and spray water like we were vagrants.”
Heavy demand for large temple lights at Lungshan Temple annually leads to chaos in this in line. Now that a notice has been posted cancelling the sponsorship of large lights, some are upset about the timing, though authorities believe it will have a positive impact.
Chen Qi-yong
Deputy Commissioner, Taipei Dep’t of Civil Affairs
They never thought people would begin lining up so early. I think it was appropriate to put up a notice now. A month ahead of (registration) is actually quite early.
Last year, Lungshan Temple offered people the chance to sponsor 120,000 small lights and 10,000 large lights. Now that it is ending the sponsorship of large lights, it will add 60,000 small lights, potentially earning an additional NT$16 million.
文章出處：民視英語新聞
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