This is the first investigation available in literature in which pen-oriented culture is studied interms of sacred customs popular with the folks—a breakthrough from the traditional approach, inwhich the focus has been placed on the historical development of pens. We justify the existence of pen culture accompanying sacred customs through instrumental and non-instrumental research as well asby the processes of symbolization processes. We put much emphasis on the popular worship of gods, the sacred entities that hold pens and the magical Luan Pen—a Y-shaped peach-wood pen shaped inthe form of a Luan bird with a willow branch in its mouth. Sacred pens, champion pens and lucky pens(which bring people luck in examinations, job-hunting and promotion at work) are thus enlightenedand given life when they are used for ceremonies such as spirit-introducing, eye-dotting to the lightand character drawing. The paper is divided into several parts which help to verify the existence ofpen culture: the sacredness of pens themselves, holy personifications, magical actions using pens,and the pen’s symbolic meanings. Besides, through the study of the sacralization of pens- a dynamic religious ceremony- we come to the conclusion that pens are equipped with both instrumental andnon-instrumental properties. Pens, which are no doubt of practical use, are also invested with sacredand symbolic functions due to religious ceremonies and customs. The study Pens: Playing a Sacredand Symbolic Role in Taiwanese Folklore thereafter offers a new aspect of the study of traditional craftsmanship, since it also draws on research material from various fields, such as their actual use,folk beliefs & religious ceremonies and ideological trends within material cultures.