A small Mazu temple near Huwei Sugar Factory (虎尾糖廠) whose deity is known as Sugar Factory Mazu (糖廠媽). In 1956, sugar factory worker Huang Yongshun (黃永舜) invited Mazu from Lukang Xinzu Temple (鹿港新祖宮) to his dormitory for worship and a formal shrine was built in 1961. Since 2004 devotees have walked the roughly one hundred kilometers back to Lukang on foot for an annual pilgrimage, one of few processions to cross the Zhuoshui River heading north.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Sugar Industry in Taiwan (台灣糖業)
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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.