In 2010 a mysterious stone monument was discovered after a house was demolished in Gushan, Kaohsiung. Later it was revealed that this monument used to reside at Guhō-ji (弘法寺), a Buddhist temple formerly located on this site and later demolished. The inscription on this monument reads Saigoku No. 1 (西國第一番), a reference to the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage (西国三十三所), and the image depicted is that of Cintāmaṇicakra (如意輪觀音) or Nyoirin Kannon in Japanese, the very same that appears at the temple Seiganto-ji (青岸渡寺) in Japan.
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Heritage Status
- Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- See Zine (晰誌)
- Taiwan Visual Dictionary (台湾ビジュアル辞典)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Japanese Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites in Taiwan (臺灣佛教巡禮場所)
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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.