A mid-sized temple on the north side of Taichung, established in 1981 and built in a northern Chinese palatial style. It venerates Guangong (關聖帝君) and is known among local devotees for its spirit-writing (扶鸞) tradition. Most striking is the towering rooftop statue of Yaochi Jinmu (瑤池金母), the Queen Mother of the West, depicted wearing what appears to be a phoenix crown (鳳冠).
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Links
- Center For GIS, Academia Sinica (文化資源地理資訊系統)
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
- Giant Gods in Taiwan (台灣巨大神像)
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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.