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A Buddhist grotto carved into a cliff face beside a waterfall, housing a stone relief of Acala (不動明王), a wrathful guardian deity of esoteric Japanese Buddhism. It was commissioned during the Taisho era by Sano Shōtarō (佐野庄太郎), operator of the nearby Hoshinoyu (星乃湯) hot spring inn. A wooden worship pavilion, a hand-washing basin (手水舍), and a pair of rugged stone lanterns from 1940 survive in front of the grotto. Out front one will also find a stone monument, Traces of the Founding of Cao’an (草庵創建之蹟), erected in 1941.
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- Status:Public (公有)
- Heritage designation:Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
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Links
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Taiwan Religious Cultural Map (臺灣宗教文化地圖)
- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
Backlinks
- Shichisei Inari Shrine (七星稻荷社)
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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.