Luodong Dian’an Temple

Date Captured

November 29th, 2024 at 02:58 UTC

Camera

DC-S5M2

Lens

LUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6

Aperture

ƒ / 4

Shutter Speed

1/160 sec

Focal Length

20.0 mm

ISO

100

Exposure Value

11.3 EV

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A historic temple in Luodong, Yilan, first built in 1851 as an earthen shrine to Shennong (神農), the god of agriculture. After a plague struck the town, residents invited Xuantian Shangdi (玄天上帝) from a temple in Lupu Village (鹿埔村) to drive out the pestilence. Credited with ending the epidemic, the god was kept in Luodong and installed on the main altar, with Shennong Dadi ceding the central position and moving below. The temple keeps an unusual image of Xuantian Shangdi, youthful and without his customary beard (無鬚帝爺), holding a sword and standing upon the turtle and snake, one of few such depictions in Taiwan. The building seen today was reconstructed in 1923 and, despite later renovations, largely retains its Japanese colonial era form. Every year the temple hosts a procession returning Xuanwu to Diaoxun Temple (調訓宮) in Lupu.

Date Captured

November 29th, 2024 at 02:59 UTC

Camera

DC-S5M2

Lens

LUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6

Aperture

ƒ / 3.5

Shutter Speed

1/60 sec

Focal Length

20.0 mm

ISO

1600

Exposure Value

9.5 EV

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Date Captured

November 29th, 2024 at 03:01 UTC

Camera

DC-S5M2

Lens

LUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6

Aperture

ƒ / 3.7

Shutter Speed

1/60 sec

Focal Length

23.0 mm

ISO

1000

Exposure Value

9.7 EV

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