On the salt-flattened coast of Tainan, where generations once harvested the sea's mineral gift, a November gathering asks whether ancient ritual can become a living bridge between peoples. Taiwan's 2026 Kunshen Wangye's Salt for Peace Festival brings together Wangye folk ceremonies, the industrial memory of Beimen's salt fields, and — for the first time — Korean ceremonial traditions and a multilingual wall of collective wishes. The event is less a preservation effort than a wager: that heritage, when held openly, can invite rather than exclude, and that peace might be practiced as much as pro