The foremost Mazu temple in Lunbei, Yunlin, established in 1797. It is associated with a legend from World War 2 in which US bombs were dropped on the temple but failed to explode, and others were cast away from the settlement by the power of Mazu.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- World War 2 History in Taiwan (台灣第二次世界大戰歷史)
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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.