A tiny shrine in rural Shuilin, Yunlin, built to venerate the spirit of a Dutch general. The settlement was formerly known as Âng-mô͘ Village (紅毛村), a reference to the Dutch colonial presence in the area in the 17th century.
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Links
- China Times (中時新聞網)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Deified Outsiders in Taiwan (台灣成神的外來者)
- European Colonial Era Taiwan (荷西統治時期)
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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.