A Zen Buddhist temple in the hills of Houli established by the Lu family of Xiaoyun Villa (筱雲山莊). It was completed in 1928 and, in an unusual twist, it was designed in a neo-baroque style atypical of temples of any kind.
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Baroque Revival Architecture (巴洛克復興建築)
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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.