A modern Mazu temple in Waipu, Taichung. It was founded by Liao Xiuxue (廖秀雪) with Mazu incense carried from the nearby Dajia Jenn Lann Temple (大甲鎮瀾宮) and built piecemeal over some three decades. Its most prominent feature is a towering outdoor statue of Jigong (濟公), the Drunken Monk, carved from bluestone (青斗石) by a craftsman in Hui’an, Fujian, and completed around 2014. Standing more than fifteen metres tall, it functions as a local landmark.
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- 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.