- Ritual
- 牛角做出幼・16歳の儀礼
- Region and community
- 台湾・馬祖
- Age at the cultural rite
- Age 16
- Transition conditions
- Reaching a recognized age
- Legal age of majority
- Taiwan, Province of China18 yearsTaiwan, Province of China · Calendar unspecified · Law and supporting sources
About the rite
At Niujiao in Matsu, families thank Lady Linshui as sixteen-year-olds “leave childhood.” Eighty-one young people joined the 2025 ceremony, and recruitment opened again for 2026. The local rite publicly celebrates growth; it does not itself create legal adulthood.
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