A tiny land god shrine at the highest point of Caoling Trail (草嶺古道), marking the border between New Taipei City and Yilan County. Also known as Squid God Temple (魷魚公廟) after a local legend in which a hunter’s trap on the trail miraculously caught a dried squid, the shrine is notable for housing one land god (土地公) flanked by two land god wives (土地婆); the original idol was stolen in 2014, replaced, and then recovered two years later.
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- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
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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.