Originally a decorative Indian soldier statue displayed at a Taipei nightclub founded by Gao Lingfeng (高凌風) in the 1990s. The nightclub was dismantled after it closed but one of the construction workers relocated the statue to rural Douliu, Yunlin. In 1998, a Singaporean soldier participating in Project Starlight (星光計畫) exercises died nearby, and locals came to believe his spirit inhabited the statue. After a 2014 consecration ceremony involving the Water Resources Agency, it became known as General Baokeng and is worshipped as a protective deity for Hushan Reservoir (湖山水庫).
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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)
- Deified Outsiders in Taiwan (台灣成神的外來者)
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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.