A small shrine or altar occupying a sea cave on the Yehliu (野柳) coast, marking the spot where, according to local tradition, fishermen discovered a drifting Mazu statue in the early Jiaqing era, around 1800. That statue became the seed of Jinbaoli Cihu Temple in nearby Jinshan; each year on the sixteenth day of the fourth lunar month the “second Mazu” (二媽) is escorted back to this cave in a procession now recognized as intangible cultural heritage. It is featured in the book Parasitic Temples as the Erosion Temple (海蝕洞中廟).
Map
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
Sources
- Lai Po-Wei, Parasitic Temples, Yeren Publishing House, 2017賴伯威，《寄生之廟：台灣都市夾縫中的街廟觀察，適應社會變遷的常民空間圖鑑》，野人，2017
Themes
- Temple Culture in Taiwan (台灣的寺廟文化)
Backlinks
- Jinbaoli Cihu Temple (金包里慈護宮)
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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.