烈嶼擲筊PK賽蘇南回開走轎車

Bao-Sheng Da Di Temple in Lie-Yu Township held the divination block (1) casting competition during Chinese New Year, winning an enthusiastic response and attracting 4,254 participants. Following three days of preliminaries and finals, Su, Nan-Hui (蘇南回) threw 15 consecutive "sacred combinations" (2) on February 5th, and was the lucky winner of a sedan.
　　烈嶼鄉保生大帝廟在春節舉辦的「擲聖筊競賽」，獲得熱烈迴響，吸引4,254人到場參加，經過三天初賽、決賽，5日由蘇南回連擲15筊聖杯，幸運獲得轎車1輛。

This year's divination block casting competition boasted (3) a total of 4,254 participants, 522 of who made it into the finals. First place was awarded to Lie Yu's own Su, Nan-Hui from Shang-Qi Village with a record of 15 consecutive "sacred combinations." Two other contestants currently serving in the military followed up with nine consecutive "sacred combinations". After one last contest, Chen, Jian-Zhi (陳建志), from Nantou County's Ming-Jian Township, came out on top, and was awarded a 125CC motorcycle, while Hong, Yu-Cheng (洪玉琤), from Lie-Yu's Shang-Qi Township won a 42-inch LCD television. In addition to the top ten finalists, this year, the temple also provided over a hundred prizes. Since all the contestants who made it into the final round would receive a prize, everyone was happy with the result of the competition.
　　此次擲聖筊競賽活動共有4,254人參加，其中有522人進入決賽，第1名由烈嶼鄉上岐村的蘇南回奪得，他的紀錄是連續擲聖筊15次，另有兩位現役軍人連擲9次聖筊，經過再次競賽，來自南投縣名間鄉的陳建志技高一籌，獲得125CC機車1部，烈嶼鄉上岐村的洪玉琤抱回42吋液晶電視。除了前十名，今年廟方共提供超過一百項獎品。且只要進入決賽，人人有獎、皆大歡喜！

【註解】
●1. divination block-筊杯。也就是擲筊時所使用的占卜工具。於民間信仰中用以探詢神鬼之意。其中divination就是占卜或預測的意思。
●2. sacred combination-擲筊時，兩個筊杯呈現一正一反、一陰一陽，被稱為「聖杯」，在三種排列組合（一陰一陽，兩陰，兩陽）當中被解釋為神明認同的意思。為求慎重，一般詢問神明時，通常必須連續三個聖杯才算數。此處sacred指神的、神聖的、莊嚴的。combination則是指筊杯的三種排列組合。
●3. boast-(vt.)包含、擁有；原意指「吹牛、誇耀」，因此此處帶有自豪、引以為傲的意味。

本文摘譯、改寫自《金門日報》2011年2月06日報導