A land god shrine on a bend in Caoling Highway (草嶺公路) deep in the mountains of Gukeng, Yunlin. An adjacent shrine houses a rare idol depicting a Bunun Indigenous deity standing atop a Formosan black bear and a Reeves’s muntjac, while the surrounding area is known for its seasonal musk bush (麝香木) blossoms.
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- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Indigenous People of Taiwan (台灣原住民)
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Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex
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.