Temple bestows tiger god robes on Kaohsiung catBy Wang Rung-hsiang and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerA temple has bestowed the robes of a tiger god on the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp’s (KRTC) feline stationmaster Mikan (蜜柑), the cat’s official social media page revealed in a post on Sunday. KRTC wrote on on social media that it was the company’s first-ever collaboration with Chaotian Temple (朝天宮) in Yunlin County’s Beigang Township (北港). Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp’s feline stationmaster Mikan wears tiger god robes in an undated photograph. Photo courtesy of Kaohsiung Rapid Transit CorpInvolving the cat in the temple’s celebrated annual procession around Taiwan would allow the corporation to promote public transportation, KRTC said. “The Tiger Lord (虎爺) is a deified big cat and guardian deity of children and their pets, so Mikan’s association with him is doubly appropriate,” the company said.
