Luodong Dian’an Temple

Date CapturedNovember 29th, 2024 at 02:58 UTCCameraDC-S5M2LensLUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6Apertureƒ / 4Shutter Speed1/160 secFocal Length20.0 mmISO100Exposure Value11.3 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

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 CapturedNovember 29th, 2024 at 02:59 UTCCameraDC-S5M2LensLUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6Apertureƒ / 3.5Shutter Speed1/60 secFocal Length20.0 mmISO1600Exposure Value9.5 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400

Date CapturedNovember 29th, 2024 at 03:01 UTCCameraDC-S5M2LensLUMIX S 20-60mm F3.5-5.6Apertureƒ / 3.7Shutter Speed1/60 secFocal Length23.0 mmISO1000Exposure Value9.7 EVOriginal Size3600 × 2400