A scenic Buddhist-style temple attached to a crematorium in the hills of Youchekeng (油車坑) in Jiji, Nantou. It was one of many structures so heavily damaged in the 921 Earthquake that it had to be demolished and built anew. The monastery and crematorium occupy a plot of land originally intended for the construction of the Sun Moon Lake No. 3 Generating Station (日月潭第三發電所預定地), which was ultimately never realized.
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- Wild Land Travel (-地球上的火星人-下巴 (野地旅))
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- 921 Earthquake (九二一大地震)
- Sun Moon Lake Hydroelectric Project (日月潭水力電氣工事)
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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.