This Hakka village is home to an unusual custom that began in 1777 with the carving of a stone lion to protect the settlement from flooding. The original stone lion was eventually lost in a disaster but the villagers carved additional lions in 1918 and then again in 1965. These are scattered across the village, with the eldest found at Guangfu Shuntian Temple (廣福順天宮) and the others in Stone Lion Park (石獅公公園).
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Drifting Island (漂浪島嶼)
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- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
- Hakka Culture in Taiwan (台灣客家文化)
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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.