By Tung Chen-kuo and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerA repair crew in Nantou County found a crack in the concrete sealer of Sediq chieftain Mona Rudao’s tomb after one of Mona’s descendants dreamed that ancestral spirits complained about a drafty grave, the Renai Township (仁愛) office said on Wednesday. The Wushe Incident was when Mona led Seediq community members in an uprising against Japanese forces occupying Wushe. The township said it has hoped that, out of respect for Mona’s descendants and due to the park being an important memorial to Sediq history and culture, the central government and county government would subsidize the renovations. Folklore specialist and feng shui master Liao Ta-yi (廖大乙) said that the damaged crypt prompted the ancestors to make their discomfort known via dreams. This is quite common in folk beliefs, Liao said, adding that as long as the ancestors’ discomfort had been resolved, the descendants should not be worried.

Source: Taipei Times October 17, 2019 15:56 UTC