Hengchun (恆春) pole climbing festival (豎孤棚)

Hengchun pole climbing festival, one of folk activities of Taiwan, was a race of team work and physical strength and endurance. The pole fully grease, you have climbing to the top to win the Rewards. Most of time, you saw the entrants they climb up almost to the top but falling down because the pole too slick. But no one want to give up. It's change from Qianggu (搶孤), another folk activities held on the same month in Llunar July. They were a little different, but the meaning the same, relief suffering people.

恆春豎孤棚, 台灣的民俗活動之一, 是一場團隊與體能與耐力的比賽. 柱子上佈滿了黃油, 您必須爬上頂端去贏得獎賞. 多數的時候, 您眼見參賽者都要爬上頂端了卻又滑落的下來, 因為柱子實在是太滑了. 但沒有一個參賽者會想放棄. 它是由搶孤轉變而來, 另一個台灣民俗活動同樣在農曆七月舉行. 兩者有一點不同, 但意義一樣, 救濟困苦的人.