An old Mazu temple established in 1779. It displays an unexploded AN-M64 bomb dropped by the US during World War 2. Local residents attribute their good fortune of not being blown to pieces to Mazu, who is affectionately known as Bomb Mazu (炸彈媽) at this and a handful of other temples around Taiwan.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Taiwan Visual Dictionary (台湾ビジュアル辞典)
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.