A Buddhist monastery founded in 1763 on Dagangshan, one of the “four great mountains” of Taiwanese Buddhism during the Japanese colonial era. In 1942 the Japanese military designated Dagangshan a fortress zone and forcibly relocated the monks downhill. In the post-war era, Hakka abbot Kaizhao led the return and reconstruction. Adjacent to the main hall is a vivid Ten Courts of Hell (十大閻王殿) exhibit with life-size figures depicting the punishments of the underworld.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
- Japanese Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites in Taiwan (臺灣佛教巡禮場所)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.