A temple to Wulu Caishen (五路財神), a god of wealth, in Beigang, Yunlin, which grew out of a household altar set up in 1963 by a local dispenser of Chinese medicine after a spirit medium told him a deity resided in his home. It moved to its present site in 1980, claiming to be the first temple in Taiwan dedicated to this deity, and by the 2010s had become the largest. Its incinerator, built in 1984, was certified by Guinness World Records as the largest in the world in 2015, and complaints from neighbours over the smoke led the temple to add a second, filtered burner in 2024.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
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- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Tourist Attractions in Taiwan (台灣旅遊景點)
- Ritual Paper Incinerators in Taiwan (台灣敬字亭)
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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.