Nine Emperor Gods Festival

The festival starts on the last day of the 8th lunar month with invitation of the Nine Emperors to the temple. The deities are welcomed at bodies of water rivers banks and at the welcome ceremony, there are urns representing the nine emperors.

At the river bank or beach, the Taoist Priest began with a series of chants and nine sedan chairs are prepared to receive the spirits of the Nine Emperors.



From chinatownology.com

This is, I suppose, one of the sedan chairs, perched on a dragon shaped boat. I saw four while I was jogging by. I thought this one bore a distinct resemblance to an angry bird.