City staff have some experience in the matter, it seems. One district office director - who's nine months gone - reportedly says she received such "wonderful blessings" from friends soon after marrying. "I hope that female residents who want to get pregnant will be blessed through this activity," she adds. Taiwan's birth-rate fell to the lowest in the world in 2011 but rebounded thanks to government programmes, and with the help of the "auspicious" Year of the Dragon in 2012, according to government news site Taiwan Today