元宵節是社子島居民的大日子,「弄土地公」不僅是地方居民的集體記憶,獨特的風貌也吸引許多外地民眾前來觀賞。位於台北市近郊的社子島,是淡水河、基隆河沖積形成的沙洲,因被劃為「洪氾區」,50年來遭政府禁限建,卻意外地保留了傳統農村聚落的文化。
弄土地公由五個庄頭中窟、塭寮、戲台口、港墘仔、下竹圍共同舉辦,元宵早晨,五庄頭的青年們頭戴斗笠、披掛毛巾,以「庄跤人」(農民)的裝扮,赤膊赤腳扛起土地公乘坐的神轎,讓土地公巡視庄頭內外。沿路,工廠、店鋪、家戶會準備鞭炮恭迎土地公,祈求平安與生意興旺。
入夜後,轎班人員則回到庄內,抬著神轎穿梭巷弄,巷弄裡擺放成串的鞭炮像龍,燃放後騰空四射。轎班的青年們以肉身吃炮,承受越多越猛烈的炮,代表著勇氣與膽識,是過去地方上必經的成年禮。元宵夜晚另有「賞鼓仔燈」的活動,不論居民或者外地遊客,只要提著花燈就能遊街領賞,飲料、小點心與文具,是店家與居民的心意。
弄土地公的文化鑲嵌於聚落之中,聚落中,人仍保有與自然、神明的緊密關係,但社子島遭拆除的陰影縈繞不去,居民積極爭取弄土地公成為台北市的無形文化資產,希望百年傳統能夠繼續在地方上活絡。
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